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Thirty-five years ago, Title IX became law and, for the first time,
outlawed discrimination against women in federally funded
education. Because of Title IX, women were given access to
classes, facilities, and opportunities that had historically
been male-only.
In celebration of Title IX's 35-year anniversary, contact
your Senators and Representatives and let them know you support
protecting and strengthening Title IX and oppose any attempts
to weaken equality ineducation for women and girls. More information
It is imperative that Title IX remains the law, is supported
and strengthened by law makers and the administration, and
is strongly enforced.
Since the passage of Title IX:
- Women have become more than half the entering class of
law schools and approximately 40% of the entering class
of medical schools;
- Participation by women in high school sports has gone
from 300,000 to 2.7 million - an increase of over 800 percent;
- Participation by women in college sports has gone from
approximately 32,000 to over 150,000 - an increase of more
than 372 percent;
- Federally funded schools can no longer prohibit girls
from taking traditionally male subjects like shop and mechanics.
Despite 35 years of Title IX, discrimination persists against
women in education. According to
Title IX at 30: Report Card on Gender Equity (June
2002) by the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education
(NCWGE):
- Women's college sports still receive less money than men's;
- Girls are steered toward traditionally female, lower paying
fields in career education;
- Only 20% of the bachelors degrees in computer science
and engineeringare awarded to women;
- Because testing bias persists, scoring gaps persist in
standardized testing, such as the Math SAT, between males
and females;
- Because testing bias persists, scoring gaps persist in
standardized testing between women of color and whites;
- 81% of students surveyed have experienced some form of
sexual harassment.
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