Has Title IX Fixed The Gender Inequality In Sports?

Has Title IX Fixed the Gender Inequality in Sports? Gender inequality has been an issue in society for decades, and little progress has been made. Of course, women have the right to vote, or to have a career, but what about the unfair treatment that continues day to day in schools? Chanan Tigay, the writer of “Do Schools Give Female Athletes Enough Opportunities?” explains how this injustice was tried to be fixed, but there is still some work to be done. Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments was meant to fix the inequality gap between male and female sports in schools. Since its creation, millions of young women participate in sports (Tigay). Title IX has only done partly what it was meant to, but there is still a problem with gender equality

What started out as thousands of participants has grown into millions. According to the National Women’s Law Center, schools provide 1.3 million fewer spots on sports teams for girls than the boys, even though girls make up forty-one percent of school athletes (Tigay). In other words, schools are not truly creating equal opportunities for males and females in sports. Many states such as Illinois, South Dakota, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, California, Ohio, Arizona, Nevada, Massachusetts, and New York, have provided their female athletes with lower quality uniforms and facilities. In addition, the girls are “forced to play or practice at inconvenient times to make way for the boys’ teams” (Tigay). This treatment favors the male athletes, and creates a negative atmosphere for the female athletes. Female athletes may believe that their school does think their team has the same capabilities as the male athletes. Many schools may focus more of their attention and funds on the male sports teams, and not have anything left for the female teams. To avoid unfair treatment, these schools can take their funds for all of their sports teams, and split them equally. This way all of the athletes would have the same quality uniforms. Also, to avoid one team always practicing at better times or in a better facility, the school board could set up schedule for all teams to practice at

In Susan Morse’s article, she claims that the government is not enforcing Title IX, and schools are completely aware of that. This allows schools to get away with unfair treatment for its female athletes. Donna Lopiano, University of Texas director of intercollegiate athletics for women, believes that sports in America today “is still a right for little boys and a privilege for little girls” (Morse). This idea has been set in society’s mind for decades, and little has been done to change it. There are many people that believe that same idea, whether it is subconscious or not. Even with the drastic increase in the amount of female athletes, a lot of people still do not take female sports teams as serious as male sports teams. The Justice Department seems to favor men’s sports teams due to the lack of interest and effort in fixing gender discrimination in