Title IX and Girl’s Sports
At America’s birth, the Constitution’s framers granted womenalmost no civil rights. In fact, it took until 1920 for women towin the right to vote, and until the 1970s to gain overall legalequality. The modern women’s movement adopted several lessons fromthe Civil Rights Movement. For example, to show they were beingdiscriminated against women had to prove they were treatedunfavorably simply because they were women. The story of one fightover equality in youth sports illustrates this ongoingstruggle.
Is the scheduling of athletic seasons by the state an example ofdiscrimination?
Does it matter that the different season (different from the boys’)was combined with unequal facilities?
Should it matter that most people think that different seasons forthe same or comparable sports is acceptable? Does it matter if mostgirls find it acceptable?
