To what extent did Title IX affect a woman's experience in college?
Before June 23, 1972, it was very unlikely to see a women playing sports in college. There was no such thing as an athletic scholarship for a female. Being sexually harassed or raped? It was passed only as a boy being a boy. There was no one to report it to in college let alone any action plan to stop this from happening to women in college. Women were rejected from colleges based on solely on their gender. It was believed that women couldn’t do certain jobs. After June 23, 1972, this all changed.
Title IX, for being such an influential title, usually flies over everybody’s head. “What is it?” many people ask, “Why is it important?” Title IX has had a tremendous impact on …show more content…
Summarizing Title IX, people could not be treated any lesser based on their gender if that school was receiving federal funding, “Educational programs and activities that receive ED funds must operate in a nondiscriminatory manner. Some key issue areas in which recipients have Title IX obligations are: recruitment, admissions, and counseling; financial assistance; athletics; sex-based harassment; treatment of pregnant and parenting students; discipline; single-sex education; and employment.” This quote shows the rules that schools are required to follow under Title IX. If a school violates Title IX, their federal funding is revoked. Title IX helped stopped some of the discrimination against women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. Before Title IX, it was very rare to see a women following a career relating to any STEM field. When Title IX was enacted, people saw more and more women expanding into these careers because they were equally capable as a man to do this job. However, some places still disagreed with the title and tried to get around it: “Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677 (1979) held that Title IX was enforceable through an implied cause of action. Cannon filed suit alleging that she had been excluded from medical education programs at various universities because of her sex, and the lower …show more content…
For example, the University of Maine Orono had to suspend men’s soccer and volleyball back in 2009. They did this because the women's program was thriving and there was no room in the budget for these sports. While it is true some schools have had to eliminate budgets for some male sports programs, women still have fewer athletic programs in college compared to men. It can be argued that this is discriminatory towards men for sure, but in the same way it is discriminatory towards
Before June 23, 1972, it was very unlikely to see a women playing sports in college. There was no such thing as an athletic scholarship for a female. Being sexually harassed or raped? It was passed only as a boy being a boy. There was no one to report it to in college let alone any action plan to stop this from happening to women in college. Women were rejected from colleges based on solely on their gender. It was believed that women couldn’t do certain jobs. After June 23, 1972, this all changed.
Title IX, for being such an influential title, usually flies over everybody’s head. “What is it?” many people ask, “Why is it important?” Title IX has had a tremendous impact on …show more content…
Summarizing Title IX, people could not be treated any lesser based on their gender if that school was receiving federal funding, “Educational programs and activities that receive ED funds must operate in a nondiscriminatory manner. Some key issue areas in which recipients have Title IX obligations are: recruitment, admissions, and counseling; financial assistance; athletics; sex-based harassment; treatment of pregnant and parenting students; discipline; single-sex education; and employment.” This quote shows the rules that schools are required to follow under Title IX. If a school violates Title IX, their federal funding is revoked. Title IX helped stopped some of the discrimination against women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. Before Title IX, it was very rare to see a women following a career relating to any STEM field. When Title IX was enacted, people saw more and more women expanding into these careers because they were equally capable as a man to do this job. However, some places still disagreed with the title and tried to get around it: “Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677 (1979) held that Title IX was enforceable through an implied cause of action. Cannon filed suit alleging that she had been excluded from medical education programs at various universities because of her sex, and the lower …show more content…
For example, the University of Maine Orono had to suspend men’s soccer and volleyball back in 2009. They did this because the women's program was thriving and there was no room in the budget for these sports. While it is true some schools have had to eliminate budgets for some male sports programs, women still have fewer athletic programs in college compared to men. It can be argued that this is discriminatory towards men for sure, but in the same way it is discriminatory towards