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The Pros And Cons Of Title IX

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Title IX was enacted into US law on June 23, 1973. (ACLU) The legislation aimed to reduce gender-based discrimination in the United States. At the time of its inception, only 294,015 women played high school sports compared to 3,666,917 men. (Wulf) The legislation aimed to equalize the playing field by increasing funding and support for women in education. Title IX was not enacted to allow more women to play sports but to ensure that the women has equal access to education opportunities across the educational field. Indeed, the only mention of sports during congressional debates was “Oh, maybe now when a school holds its field day, there will be more activities for the girls.” (qtd. in Wulf) Title IX was the brainchild of Bunny Sadler and …show more content…

If any of the three following conditions are met, then the school meets its legal requirement under Title IX. (NCWGE) If the ratio of males and females in school athletics matches the ratio of students enrolled at the school, then the school is compliant with Title IX; a school would also be compliant if the school “fully and effectively accommodate the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex.” (NCWGE) Compliance can also be achieved through a history and continued implementation of programs catering to the underrepresented sex at a …show more content…

(Goral; Sommers; NCWGE) Title IX helps men and women by requiring equal footing in Career and Technical Education and STEM fields. (NCWGE) In an analysis of the facilitates of the top 50 universities across the country, fully-fledged female professors made up no more than 15 percent of fully-fledged professor at their own schools; furthermore, female professors are consistently at their highest levels as assistant professors. ("Women, minorities rare on science, engineering

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