Title IX has had an extremely influential impact on women athletics throughout the world. When Title IX was added to the education amendment in 1972, gender equality within the education and sports worlds slowly began to change. From Elementary school through College, Title IX requires that “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” (Department of Justice). The last 44 years have held an extremely important role in women athletics, but women participating in sports started well before 1972; and because of that when the amendment finally came into play,
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Its 2016, forty-four years after the Education Amendment of 1972 had been approved, and many would believe that men would happen to have the majority in education, sports, and the workplace. A lot of people would think that Colleges and Universities would be offering more majors that are strictly known to the public as being only for men. Women would have the chance to go to college, but would not get the same equality as men, especially when it comes to scholarships, grades, and opportunities. Because of the lack of opportunities, many people would agree that women would stop trying to push the boundaries because they would start to understand that they’re not as important as men …show more content…
There is absolutely no way that women would just sit back and watch the men play all kinds of different sports as they would only be able to sit on the sidelines and cheer the men on. Women are resilient and because of that I know that if Title IX hadn’t been written into the Education amendment in 1972, then it would have been written later on. Title IX had turned the life of a female athlete completely around, but even if it didn’t exist, the female population would still be as powerful, if not more, than they already are. There are many things that are wrong with Title IX and the amendment has proven to not be enough for women to achieve equality in a world where men are considered to be drastically better and have a higher value in life. Title IX may have given women more equality when it comes to colleges and universities, but it has, by no means, been the main reason why women have been interested in sports or
Its 2016, forty-four years after the Education Amendment of 1972 had been approved, and many would believe that men would happen to have the majority in education, sports, and the workplace. A lot of people would think that Colleges and Universities would be offering more majors that are strictly known to the public as being only for men. Women would have the chance to go to college, but would not get the same equality as men, especially when it comes to scholarships, grades, and opportunities. Because of the lack of opportunities, many people would agree that women would stop trying to push the boundaries because they would start to understand that they’re not as important as men …show more content…
There is absolutely no way that women would just sit back and watch the men play all kinds of different sports as they would only be able to sit on the sidelines and cheer the men on. Women are resilient and because of that I know that if Title IX hadn’t been written into the Education amendment in 1972, then it would have been written later on. Title IX had turned the life of a female athlete completely around, but even if it didn’t exist, the female population would still be as powerful, if not more, than they already are. There are many things that are wrong with Title IX and the amendment has proven to not be enough for women to achieve equality in a world where men are considered to be drastically better and have a higher value in life. Title IX may have given women more equality when it comes to colleges and universities, but it has, by no means, been the main reason why women have been interested in sports or