Title IX: The Role Of Gender Equality In Sports

Long ago, when girls stayed home and helped their mothers at home, and boys would follow their dads to work, a stigma was made that greatly separated the two genders. As time passed, a thick line was drawn in between the genders and everyday objects, toys and activities would be placed on one side of the line. Sports were placed on the male’s side. So when more time passed, some objects were placed on different sides due to “rebellious children”, according to older generations, so more girls started playing sports. Although many stigmas were destroyed with time and confidence, but many female athletes found a huge difference between many male and female sports. This was brought to the attention of the government, and thus Title IX was created and should continued to be enforced due to the effects it has had on female athletics and education. …show more content…
The number of females in varsity sports in university have nearly doubled, compared to the years before Title IX was passed (Strafford). Title IX also created more sport options for females to join because, “If female students are underrepresented in athletics, their interests must be accommodated unless the institution can show continuous expansion of sports programs” (Compton, Compton). Because of the expansion in female sports in sports they are actually interested in, the number of girls in varisty sports have increased