11.27.2007

Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972

"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..."

E., C., and I ventured to a 35th anniversary/celebration of Title IX this evening. While the above quote applies to all areas of public education/federal funding (basically), most people know Title IX through its impact on athletics. Equity is a constant battle in most facets of this little bit of legislation. In fact, C. pointed out that there was a period in the 1980s when Title IX no longer applied to athletics due to a Supreme Court decision... I'll let her expand if she so choses (she did write a legal encyclopedia article on it).

It's all about parity, people. We don't want to cut anything, we merely request parity. In everything. Hmmm, just had a thought: I wonder if "equality" is too scary a word and thus people prefer to use the term "parity" (of which I was obviously indoctrinated)...

Anyway, thanks Title IX! For both the educational and athletic opportunities!twisters, 1990

score, 1990

Four future college athletes in this little picture....
4 future college players

6 comments:

kungfuramone said...

It's weird to think that even little kids had screwed-up hair in the 80s...

Anonymous said...

Well i guess the I can't use those photos to bribe you, for now. Ah the days of Ahtanum and Wilson.

Rachel said...

I dunno - I think kid hair is pretty much equally bad no matter when you look. Those pictures are adorable!

I don't think there will ever be true equality as long as the men are still running the athletic departments. I've never been in a school where a man wasn't in charge, and where women's basketball and softball weren't denigrated (everyone seems to agree that soccer is a woman's sport in the US, and 'real' men play football). My favorite quote: "Women aren't athletes." Nice, no?

SuperJew said...

Awww it's an E-tiny tot! Soooo cute in her little pepto stylie soccer gear. I actually had a pepto soccer uniform as well at that age, and even last year playing indoor here (we thought the dudes on our coed team would dig it ;)

Trust in Steel said...

Such a nostalgic trip, so great!

Dolce Vita said...

Oh my goodness! I love these photos!