Title IX
Ricky Robertson
Short Assignment #6
Title IX
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” These thirty-seven words are known as Title IX. In Steve Wulf’s article, Title IX: 37 words that changed everything, we are shown the significance of Title IX. Title IX was signed into law on June 23, 1972 and was only meant to be created for a more level playing field in academics. Athletics was barely even thought of when the bill was passed. But due to Title IX, the amount of girls participating in high school sports had an increase of 1079 percent and women playing varsity sports in college rose to a 622 percent increase. Bernice Sandler considers the law, “the most important step for gender equality since the 19th amendment gave us (women) the right to vote. Just a variation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX allowed performance to matter more than gender. But it wasn’t until “The Boston Tea Party” of Title IX happened on March 3, 1976 had caused schools to realize Title IX could no longer be ignored. The Three-Prong Test, which was eventually developed, was created to help make sure that Title IX could not be ignored. All though Title IX has brought gender equality a long ways, there is still more work to be done. It is still well known that females still lag far behind males in participatory opportunities. In Kate Fagan and Luke Cyphers article, Five Myths about Title IX, we are revealed the falsehoods that have been thought about Title IX. The first myth that is identified is that Title IX is controversial. The only place where this happens to be the case is the sports world. In the general public is happens to have a favorably view. Myth number two is thought to be that Title IX forces schools to cut men’s sports. People believe when non-revenue
Short Assignment #6
Title IX
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” These thirty-seven words are known as Title IX. In Steve Wulf’s article, Title IX: 37 words that changed everything, we are shown the significance of Title IX. Title IX was signed into law on June 23, 1972 and was only meant to be created for a more level playing field in academics. Athletics was barely even thought of when the bill was passed. But due to Title IX, the amount of girls participating in high school sports had an increase of 1079 percent and women playing varsity sports in college rose to a 622 percent increase. Bernice Sandler considers the law, “the most important step for gender equality since the 19th amendment gave us (women) the right to vote. Just a variation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX allowed performance to matter more than gender. But it wasn’t until “The Boston Tea Party” of Title IX happened on March 3, 1976 had caused schools to realize Title IX could no longer be ignored. The Three-Prong Test, which was eventually developed, was created to help make sure that Title IX could not be ignored. All though Title IX has brought gender equality a long ways, there is still more work to be done. It is still well known that females still lag far behind males in participatory opportunities. In Kate Fagan and Luke Cyphers article, Five Myths about Title IX, we are revealed the falsehoods that have been thought about Title IX. The first myth that is identified is that Title IX is controversial. The only place where this happens to be the case is the sports world. In the general public is happens to have a favorably view. Myth number two is thought to be that Title IX forces schools to cut men’s sports. People believe when non-revenue