In 1972, Congress passed a set of amendments that would change the face of education. One of those amendments was Title IX. When it started, Title IX’s biggest impact was on athletic programs and sports. However, the original statue never explicitly mentioned sports but it was part of discussion in Congress. As it has grown overtime, it is encompassing more with non-discrimination. Many higher education institutions across the country praise Title IX due to its inclusive nature to protect students from discrimination. However, I would argue that Title IX causes harm to particular students. That group of individuals would be anyone who does not fall on the gender binary, which is the grouping of sex and gender into two opposite and disconnected
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Department of Education and the Department of Justice adding guidelines in 2016 that state transgender students are protected from sex-discrimination. The guideline states:
The Departments treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s sex for purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations. This means that a school must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity (p. 2).
However, that contradicts itself based on the fact that gender and sex are completely different. One cannot interchangeably use the term sex and gender. Freeman and Knowles (2012) state that sex is biological characteristics as well as psychological characteristics and are differentiated by genes and reproductive organs. They later define gender as behaviors, activities, and social constructions that one performs and not being contained to the gender binary. These definitions indicate that sex and gender are not the …show more content…
For example, they state that “transgender athletes have been successfully integrated into sports teams without creating competitive inequalities, injuries, or social disruption” (p. 272). The process of integration has not been smooth nor easy for transgender students. One example in 2016, is Nattaphon Wangyot, an Alaskan, trans* high school student. She competed in a state high school track and field championship and became the center of a state debate over the fairness of transgender girls competing against cisgender girls (Zeigler,
Department of Education and the Department of Justice adding guidelines in 2016 that state transgender students are protected from sex-discrimination. The guideline states:
The Departments treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s sex for purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations. This means that a school must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity (p. 2).
However, that contradicts itself based on the fact that gender and sex are completely different. One cannot interchangeably use the term sex and gender. Freeman and Knowles (2012) state that sex is biological characteristics as well as psychological characteristics and are differentiated by genes and reproductive organs. They later define gender as behaviors, activities, and social constructions that one performs and not being contained to the gender binary. These definitions indicate that sex and gender are not the …show more content…
For example, they state that “transgender athletes have been successfully integrated into sports teams without creating competitive inequalities, injuries, or social disruption” (p. 272). The process of integration has not been smooth nor easy for transgender students. One example in 2016, is Nattaphon Wangyot, an Alaskan, trans* high school student. She competed in a state high school track and field championship and became the center of a state debate over the fairness of transgender girls competing against cisgender girls (Zeigler,