Title IX: Women's Sports

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The 1972 legislation Title IX, one of 13 amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, launched a revolution in the way that federally funded schools treat women in athletic programs. This paper examines how research fails to show that female athletes get the status, respect and approval that athletic participation brings to males. The paper argues that decades after the passage of Title IX, few colleges have adequately met standards for gender equity in school sport.

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"Title IX was the start of two decades of significant athletic progress in academic institutions and beyond. In women's college sport, the number of intercollegiate athletes in the United States rose from 16,000 to over 160,000 between the early 1970s and late 1980s (Cahn, 1999). Along with this dramatic increase in numbers, women athletes enjoyed far greater acceptance and appreciation, as more and more female athletes became household names and famous celebrities."

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