Title IX essays

Title IX essays In the beginning of the 1970s, there was an enormously growing frustration among the female athletes in the United States. A majority of both public schools and universities did not offer any type of competitive athletic programs for females. Most didnt even go as far as having intramural athletics for its female athletes. Urban myths at the time suggested that women should not play sports. They were instead intended to take on the role of mother, wife, and homemaker. To help young girls more appropriately adapt to this role learning how to cook and sew, playing with dolls, and playing house were all encouraged. Some girls who did not fit into this stereotype were negatively stigmatized with such damaging remarks as tomboy, and lesbian. But in the early 1970s these negative stereotypes were starting to change as the womens rights movement started to become stronger and stronger. Eventually the womens movement sent a ripple effect into the world of sports. This movement however was not seen in favorable light by many males. Institutions would open only partially open the door for womens athletics in order to avoid negative sanctions by the government. But, after many years of this openly sexist system, schools started to fund womens programs. Right around this time is where Title IX was passed in Congress. Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 stipulated that no individual shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education al programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance(Eitzen 176). When Title IX was passes it received an unusually quick and violent reaction from the male-dominated athletic arena. One of the biggest protesters was Father Edmund Joyce of Notre Dame University. When it was first passed he called the amendment asinine(185). There were other pr...