What is Title IX and why is it so controversial?

Answer 1

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (United States) is a 37-word law that states: "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 Federal financial assistance."[1]

Title IX, as it is commonly known, was enacted on June 23, 1972. Although the most prominent "public face" of Title IX is its impact on high school and collegiate athletics,[2] the legislation actually covers all academic activities, and complaints under Title IX alleging discrimination in fields such as science or math education, or in other aspects of academic life such as access to health care and dormitory facilities, are not unheard of.

The American Association of University Women implies that while the ideas behind Title IX were fundamentally sound, the U.S. government did not effectively institute this amendment. Enforcement was driven by complaints, whistelblowers were not protected from consequences at their job sites, and too many schools who did not meet the guidelines slipped through the cracks.


Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink, wrote the law as an outgrowth of adversities she faced in obtaining her college degrees at the University of Hawai'i, University of Nebraska and University of Chicago.Title IX has recently created controversy, with some groups claiming that it has caused some schools to spend less money on men's sports programs such as wrestling and swimming, or, in some cases, to end some traditional male sports programs all together. On the other hand, supporters of Title IX point to statistics (from a GAO study[3]) which indicate that male collegiate sport participation has actually increased since the inception of Title IX, and that so-called "non-revenue" sports were being eliminated frequently even before Title IX.

Answer 2

Title IX has to do with women's athletics in schools and colleges, I think. Requires more money or number of athletic programs to encourage girls to participate in sports.

To comply with the law, some schools had to abandon some men's athletic programs to fund girls programs that never fielded a team because of no participation.

Don't know how accurate this is, but i think it gives a flavor of why it is controversial.

Answer 3

Title 9 says that public schools must offer the same number of extracuricular activities for females as males.

It is controversial because many schools have had to drop males athletic programs because there aren't enough girls interested in playing sports.

Think about it...Boys Basketball = Girls Basketball
Boys baseball = girls softball
Girls volleyball = maybe 12 girls
Boys football = at least 100 boys

Answer 4

Title IX gaurantees equal funding to girl's sports/activities in schools.

Answer 5

Title 9 is a ruling by the NCAA that Colleges and Universities must not discriminate against womens sports vs. mens sports. Regardless of the fact that mens sports bring in 85% of the revenue generated by sports programs.

Answer 6

Title Ix Controversy

Answer 7

I believe it was back in 1974, to make it fair for girl to play sport,people think that since the boys bring money they should not get equal treatment,I coach boys and girls and I think it good