Title IX can
be defined as 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. I believe that Title IX really has
impacted collegiate athletics, professional athletics, and the Olympics. Without
Title IX women wouldn’t have the same opportunities as men. More importantly we
the people would have missed out on a bunch of history in our country. We wouldn’t
have been able to witness the 1999 United States Women's Soccer team, the WNBA,
Serena Williams, and my favorite of all, the Connecticut Huskies Women’s
Basketball team.
What that team did in the years of 2009 – 2011 will
have changed my perspective of Women’s Basketball forever. Now when women’s
basketball is on I don’t change the channel. If there is a female basketball
game going on here at the university, there is a better chance that I am going
to watch their game than the men’s game. I believe that their basket ball team
(Connecticut Huskies Women’s Basketball team) has opened up the eyes of others
across the world as well. Watching that team, made me broaden my horizon throughout
all types of women’s sports. Now I can watch the Olympics all day long. It’s
funny that a movement that happened years ago, whom some people thought would
have no impact, has had an impact on the lives of women who are actually
involved with the sport; and then someone like me who was born 20 years after.
Title IX has impacted us all in a way and will only continue to grow and impact
the lives of others.
Although I have known this for quite some time, the idea that Title IX used to not exist is the thought that gets me after reading this blog. We talked in class tuesday about the idea that men are simply more physical once both males and females are fully grown. I think that this idea, though it may be true in some cases, is a much more complex thought then men simply being more masculine than women. Men defiantly got the head start on becoming amazing athletes but I think today women are beginning to reach their prime in athletic competition as well. The questions about whether or not women should be able to compete with men only shows how far women have come. Maybe one day the idea of only same sex competition will seem strange to us.
ReplyDeleteJay Clark