Gender Equality in Sports Essay

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    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…

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    started with equality in school related activities, but soon advanced to equality in sports. Amanda Ross Edwards covers this transition in her article, when she mentions the first intentions of Title IX by saying “Although current debates focus on gender equity in athletics, Title IX legislation as originally written did not even mention sport” (300). The switch from gender equality in education to gender equality in sports explains the idea of Title IX because it shows how equality was able to…

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    country. With the help of women advocators, women for many generations after them were able to gain the rights to become closer to equality with men. Just like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were advocating for women's rights, Billie…

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    The Importance Of Title IX

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    Title IX, published and promoted by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, determines whether universities have the ability to properly engage in equal opportunity activities that embraces the idea of bringing equality to the underrepresented gender. Through the Title IX regulation, an institution who sponsors an athletic program, must provide equal opportunities and accommodations for both men and women. The three-part test associated with Title IX essentially determines whether a…

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    2016 Title IX and Women’s Sports According to Chanan Tigay 's article "Women and Sport," 41 percent of high school athletes across the nation are females. The number of women playing sports has increased by 10 times since 1972 for multiple reasons. But the main reason is Title IX. This educational amendment enforces gender equality in any educational program, sports, student housing and federal assistance. Title IX has greatly improved the equality of women 's sports and brought vast amounts of…

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    When King first began playing sports they were gender biased. King was not allowed to continue a career in softball because it was not “ladylike”. Females were subject to discrimination not only in the sports field, but many more careers. King, however, made a lasting impact on the way women are viewed and treated in the sports world. By winning the Battle of the Sexes, King showed the world women are just as good as men. She fought…

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    Why Is Title IX Necessary

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    Serena Williams, Hope Solo, and Ronda Rousey all have in common? All three are spectacular women athletes who dominated their sport. All three of these women also benefited from the law known as Title IX. Title IX is a federal law that forbids any persons in the United States from being discriminated against or withheld from participating in events because of their gender or sex. Thanks to this beneficial law women all over the nation have the opportunity to strive and be successful just as the…

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    because of the gender roles they were taught in the society and culture we grew up in. Well this little girl is climbing a tree and most likely going to rip her tights. She loves wear dresses and loves the feeling of looking down from the tops of trees. Little does she know that as she grows up her parents, culture and society will teach her that she needs to sit proper and not get dirty. Does she conform, or not, we will never know. Some children have the voice to speak and not let gender roles…

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    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,…

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    me for my gender. My first experience with sexism was when my male teacher from the second grade advised my dad “to stop teaching me how to play baseball, to stop teaching me how to snowboard, stop taking me to football games, and start making me wear dresses like girls should. Because girls don’t need to be distracted by such complicated matters like sports, they just need to look pretty.” As an eight- year-old-girl, I was already exposed to sexism and discrimination because of my gender and…

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