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This source talks about the progression of high school sports for both males and females from 1999 and 2000 to 2009 and 2010. During this time period, girls athletic opportunities increased from 32 out of 100 girls to 41 out of 100 girls. Boys athletic opportunities increased from 43 out of 100 boys to 53 out of 100 boys. Though both sexes made progress, boys clearly have more opportunities than girls do.
This article talks about the importance of women coaches. America is making big strides in women’s sports equality but we are not quite there yet. Amlie Mauresmo, a new tennis coach of the great tennis player Andy Murray. The more that Murray wins, the more people respect his coach Amlie. Women feel as though they need to be perfect in order to be accepted as equals to men. Men can make a few mistakes in their sport here and there and no one will think anything of it but if women make a mistake, people scrutinize it.
This article is about the Office of Civil Rights doing investigations on schools across the country. It talks about title IX and how it is not greatly enforced. The punishment for a school that does not abide by the law is their federal funds getting taken away but as of right now, that punishment has not been given to anyone. One university that they investigated didn’t even have a locker room for the women to change in, they had to change in their cars or a shed.
In this article, the author talks about some universities that write down men’s names on the women’s roster or even write women’s names multiple times in order for it to appear as though the school is offering as many opportunities to girls as they are to boys. At the University of Southern Florida, 71 women on the cross country roster failed to run a race because these “women” were either really men or were written down multiple times. The more athletes the school has, the more federal funds they receive towards their sports program and that money is put towards “more important things” such as football.
Sports provide women with so much more than one would think. Women who play sports have more self-confidence, higher academic performance, better scores on standardized tests, higher rates of high school and college graduation, higher rates of college attendance, lower rates of teen pregnancy, are less likely to stay in an abusive relationship, have better health, and a more positive body image. You wouldn’t think that all this comes from playing a sport but it does.
This source talks about the progression of high school sports for both males and females from 1999 and 2000 to 2009 and 2010. During this time period, girls athletic opportunities increased from 32 out of 100 girls to 41 out of 100 girls. Boys athletic opportunities increased from 43 out of 100 boys to 53 out of 100 boys. Though both sexes made progress, boys clearly have more opportunities than girls do.
This article talks about the importance of women coaches. America is making big strides in women’s sports equality but we are not quite there yet. Amlie Mauresmo, a new tennis coach of the great tennis player Andy Murray. The more that Murray wins, the more people respect his coach Amlie. Women feel as though they need to be perfect in order to be accepted as equals to men. Men can make a few mistakes in their sport here and there and no one will think anything of it but if women make a mistake, people scrutinize it.
This article is about the Office of Civil Rights doing investigations on schools across the country. It talks about title IX and how it is not greatly enforced. The punishment for a school that does not abide by the law is their federal funds getting taken away but as of right now, that punishment has not been given to anyone. One university that they investigated didn’t even have a locker room for the women to change in, they had to change in their cars or a shed.
In this article, the author talks about some universities that write down men’s names on the women’s roster or even write women’s names multiple times in order for it to appear as though the school is offering as many opportunities to girls as they are to boys. At the University of Southern Florida, 71 women on the cross country roster failed to run a race because these “women” were either really men or were written down multiple times. The more athletes the school has, the more federal funds they receive towards their sports program and that money is put towards “more important things” such as football.
Sports provide women with so much more than one would think. Women who play sports have more self-confidence, higher academic performance, better scores on standardized tests, higher rates of high school and college graduation, higher rates of college attendance, lower rates of teen pregnancy, are less likely to stay in an abusive relationship, have better health, and a more positive body image. You wouldn’t think that all this comes from playing a sport but it does.