Title IX is a law that states ““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 education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Title IX does not solely apply to women and athletics sports, however, athletics is a part of the ten key areas being address by this law. All ten areas are: access to higher education, career education, education for pregnant and parenting students, employment, learning environment, math and science, sexual harassment, standardized testing, athletics, and technology (Winslow). The intended purpose was to create equality between men and women. When Title IX was not around women
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Their study had confirmed that boys preformed slightly or much better than girls at running, throwing, long jump, and sit-up performances (Mitchell). Before I get into why I believe that this would have to be revised in the future I want to make it clear that I understand after puberty boys tend to have more muscle mass which can lead to pertaining better skills for a particular sport that need strength or speed. I wouldn’t make this a definitive statement saying that the increase in muscle mass in boys after puberty causes them to perform better than females. The reason why I wouldn’t make it a definitive statement because although it may be like a biological advantage if women were to have full accesses to activities men did from their adolescent year through their adult years without the negativity of the sociological and psychological ideas, women could possibly be at the same level at men in sports such as running and long jumping. Even now days we see that some women are so skillful in a particular sport that they can play against a guy and be just as great if not even better than he is. Of course your genetic makeup plays a role in how you develop but it doesn’t mean that females will be the underdogs in every physical activity they pursue to play …show more content…
In today’s world women should be offered the same opportunities as men, if they meet all the qualifications for the position. Although, for many years women were preconceived as having no opinion and ultimately no worth when it came to advancing in the work place or furthering their education, it has completely changed. Women are now able to run a business, they are able to become doctors, and most importantly they are able to express their opinion in an appropriate manner that allows them to be heard. It was said that science and math were reserved for men only, now women make up 17 percent of math and physical science in PHD’s (Valentin). If we continue to put restrictions on what females can and cannot do then we are creating the idea that women are not capable of completing the task therefore, creating self-esteem issues in the youth. In an advanced society such as today ones gender should not been seen as superior over the other, women and men should not be confined to these little stereotypical “boxes”. For centuries men were seen as the hunters, they were strong, they were dominant and women were seen as primary care givers, they were delicate, they did all the house work and relied on the man for food and protection. Nowadays, at the turn of the 21st century we see women and men defying these preconceived notions of what a man should look and act like as
Their study had confirmed that boys preformed slightly or much better than girls at running, throwing, long jump, and sit-up performances (Mitchell). Before I get into why I believe that this would have to be revised in the future I want to make it clear that I understand after puberty boys tend to have more muscle mass which can lead to pertaining better skills for a particular sport that need strength or speed. I wouldn’t make this a definitive statement saying that the increase in muscle mass in boys after puberty causes them to perform better than females. The reason why I wouldn’t make it a definitive statement because although it may be like a biological advantage if women were to have full accesses to activities men did from their adolescent year through their adult years without the negativity of the sociological and psychological ideas, women could possibly be at the same level at men in sports such as running and long jumping. Even now days we see that some women are so skillful in a particular sport that they can play against a guy and be just as great if not even better than he is. Of course your genetic makeup plays a role in how you develop but it doesn’t mean that females will be the underdogs in every physical activity they pursue to play …show more content…
In today’s world women should be offered the same opportunities as men, if they meet all the qualifications for the position. Although, for many years women were preconceived as having no opinion and ultimately no worth when it came to advancing in the work place or furthering their education, it has completely changed. Women are now able to run a business, they are able to become doctors, and most importantly they are able to express their opinion in an appropriate manner that allows them to be heard. It was said that science and math were reserved for men only, now women make up 17 percent of math and physical science in PHD’s (Valentin). If we continue to put restrictions on what females can and cannot do then we are creating the idea that women are not capable of completing the task therefore, creating self-esteem issues in the youth. In an advanced society such as today ones gender should not been seen as superior over the other, women and men should not be confined to these little stereotypical “boxes”. For centuries men were seen as the hunters, they were strong, they were dominant and women were seen as primary care givers, they were delicate, they did all the house work and relied on the man for food and protection. Nowadays, at the turn of the 21st century we see women and men defying these preconceived notions of what a man should look and act like as