Title IX--35 Years Old And Still Misunderstood
| Sat Jun. 23, 2007 7:39 AM PDT
Title IX is 35 years old today. The brainchild of former Congresswoman Patsy Mink, Title IX establishes equal opportunity for girls in all schools that receive federal funding. Unfortunately, the term "Title IX" is now associated with equal athletic opportunity, but the law covers much more than that.
Also unfortunately, many people who write and argue about Title IX, including many journalists who should know better, are clueless about how the law works.
The ACLU website, in recognition of the 35th anniversary, has an entire section devoted to Title IX. Here, you can learn about what the law means, look at actual Title IX case summaries, and find out what you can do to help promote the ideals of Title IX.
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Title 9 is great, now women make up 60% of the college enrollment, and men only 40%. I guess some of the women will have to marry a redneck like me or an old man or each other. Title 9 is a great success. Without Title 9 I would not have an opportunity to marry a college women. I personally think that Title 9 is great.
Submitted by PoliticalCritic (not verified) on Sat Jun. 23, 2007 7:27 PM PDT.
Agreed! Title IX is a great law. It has changed the landscape of colleges!
Goober and PoliticalCritic, you are still unclear about the intent of Title IX. Your comments are ignorant. Enjoy your time kicking back and living off the women you meet. Women still make .75 to every $1.00 a man makes. As the cost of living increases, you'll need to be looking for work soon enough. Too bad all you'll be qualified for is a minimum wage job!
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Title IX regulations not only extend to colleges, but to public K-12 schools that accept federal funds as well. Gender bias (or gender inequity) towards students still exists at the K-12 level. This is apparent by who gets referred for learning disabilities, and who doesn't, and the reasons for such referrals.
Socially constructed norms of behavior for boys and girls are reinforced by teachers when loud and disruptive (over-active) boys are given more attention in class than quiet girls. Girls are doing what they are told, yet are often most often ignored by their teachers. When some invisible line is crossed in the teacher's ability to cope with the disruption, boys are often finally referred out of class to be assessed for learning disabilities.
What's wrong with this picture? Many things come to mind. Importantly, girls are being ignored in classrooms, and the socially constructed norm of "girls are expected to be nice, quiet, and to sit still," is being reinforced to girls' detriment. Boys are behaving in a socially acceptable manner (for boys), and are initially positively reinforced for it, but end up being punished by the referral. Some boys may have attention-hyperactivity issues, but not all who are referred actually do. Girls who are left in class and ignored may indeed have attention-deficit problems that do require assessment.
Educators need to learn appropriate guidelines for learning disability referral. More importantly, educators must become aware of gender bias within themselves, and learn how to change it so that children are not adversely affected in learning environments.
We can't know who actually has learning disabilities if we continue to ignore half the school population. That's putting it simply.
Submitted by JT Barrie (not verified) on Tue Jun. 26, 2007 6:57 AM PDT.
Has anyone ever figgered out that one of the reasons for declining wages is that women are entering far more fields mostly occupied by men? If those in charge determine values for work and they don't value women then it stands to reason that where women excel the earnings will go down.
Employers pay the lowest wage possible(regardless of gender, race, and creed). They will hire a Mexican over a white female. If the Mexican is too expensive, then the job goes to China. Stop your complaining, or the job will go to China or India. They can do the job that you can do for 10% of the cost. There is no EEOC and regulation overseas. If that is not the solution, then with the H-1a visa, we can bring them over here and work for cheap. Just get use to it, the USA will soon be a third world country due to globalism.
Thanks for sharing this.What Title--IX means exactly should be something that every red-blooded American woman(or the daughter of)fully knows, understands and actively pursues the enforcement of,when it comes to the future of our country.
Submitted by PoliticalCritic (not verified) on Tue Oct. 23, 2007 1:24 PM PDT.
Such hostility from 'irishgawdess' in comment #3.
I didn't know all I was qualified for was a minimum wage job and I kick back and live off the women I meet.
irishgawdess: "Enjoy your time kicking back and living off the women you meet. Women still make .75 to every $1.00 a man makes" If I made more money than women, I would work, and they would live off me. But since them college educated women make more, I get to stay at home. By the way "Irish goddess" sounds arrogant and racist.
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