>Athletic departments would NEVER have started women's sports without a kick
>in the butt from the government and the courts.  Why?  Because college
>athletic departments are filled with ex-athletes who were born and raised in
>a culture that discouraged women from participating in athletics.  When they
>were playing sports, girls and women were expected to adhere to certain
>stereotypes that society laid out for them.  That meant no competitive
>sports.  I'm not saying all AD's are bad people or are all sexist, but they
>are all a product of their environment.  And that environment was not
>inclusive to women when it came to playing sports (high school or college).
 
Fine, but that kick in the butt has already happened. My point is Title IX
needs to be amended or thrown out and a whole new law drafted now that we're
into a totally new situation. Women's sports no longer need a start-up, but
a way to keep them going or expand them. Title IX does not address this
correctly, because if it did we wouldn't be seeing men's sports cut to
comply with the court's current title ix interpretation.
 
>Just like we needed a massive Civil Rights movement in the 1960's to get rid
>of segregation and the bogus "seperate but equal" doctrine, we need
>initiatives like Title IX to open doors to women in athletics.
 
At the college level, which is what we're talking about, the door is already
open. Goto any major college and there will probably just as many women's
sports as men's, if not moreso to comply with Title IX (especially if
football is involved) - at UNO there's like 5 men's sports and 9 or 10
women's sports - down in Lincoln I think it's about 12 to 13 or so. Granted,
there are probably situations where the facilities and everything need
improving, but the door itself is already open. Title IX has accomplished
that, but now the situation has changed and we're using a 20+ year old law
(or even older, I don't really know or care) to govern a society that has
changed alot since then, and will continue to evolve and change.
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