Posted on 06/24/2022 3:21:26 AM PDT by karpov
Recently, Title IX has been in the news because of the Biden administration’s promised (and, as of yesterday, delivered) rejection of much-needed Trump-era reforms. As we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the statute, introduced as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, it is worth revisiting the history of Title IX and reviewing its often tragic legacy.
Title IX was borne of a desire for equal rights in education. In a nutshell, the purpose of the legislation was to mandate gender equality by banning gender discrimination in colleges and universities receiving federal funds. Title IX sought to enforce gender equality in sports, as well, a purpose that is simple enough and hardly controversial.
However, as with plenty of legislative history, the dubious story that followed is both frustrating and tragic. The original legislation, meant simply to level the playing field, has turned into a cudgel with which overzealous colleges and universities can impose their agendas. Obama-era interpretations of Title IX moved the collegiate judicial system toward a standard of “guilty until proven innocent,” even though accusations are often impossible to disprove. Perhaps worst of all is that these affronts to justice have been made under the guise of gender equality.
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Title IX wasn’t started to mandate “gender equality.” That Newspeak wasn’t de rigueur in 1972.
One of the most obvious results of title 9 was the disappearance of most college wrestling programs, leaving only the name brand wrestling schools intact.
“gender equality in sports, as well, a purpose that is simple enough and hardly controversial”
I beg to differ. This is one of those Marxist absurdities converted into law. One of the ways in which men and women are different is their interest in physical contests.
Women’s participation levels have always been much much lower. The consequences of this was the killing of all sorts of men’s non revenue sports and the elevation of really mediocre women’s sports.
Yep.
IIRC some schools tried to get womens dance teams and cheerleading classed as scholarship-able sports, with limited success, as a counterweight….
I want to know if Lia Thompson is Title IX athlete
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