Title IX And Gender Equality

According to The US Department of Education “Title IX”, “protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Title IX states that: 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” (U.S. Department of Education, 2015). Enacted in 1972, “Title IX” was supposed to close the gap between women and men in the pursuit of education. While this was a major step toward Gender Equity there is still room for improvement. In the following text and lecture, I am going to define the following

The culture of sexism can be cited all the way back to Biblical times. Adam (man) was created in God’s image and then Eve (woman) was created from Adam’s rib to be his companion. Implying the fact that Man came first and that God is a man and that woman was only created to be man’s subservient companion. 1 Timothy 2:11-14 “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” (Tyehimba, 2003). Early on these teachings that formed the beliefs of many American’s today have paved the way for sexism. Sexism is a large factor in the disparity of gender

If you think women’s voices are as important as men’s, and that both sexes deserve equal opportunity, you are a feminist” (Bodenner, 2016). In this definition of what feminism is it depicts a feminist as someone who desires justice, not a stereotype. Which is true, at some level almost everyone is a feminist, as long as you believe in gender equity you are a feminist. The feminist movement started in the 1960s in relation to the 1963 Equal Pay Act, this made it so men and women would receive the same pay for the same job, it however didn’t prevent discrimination. In response, the Civil Rights Bill was passed in 1964, stating that discrimination based on “race, color, national origin, or sex” was prohibited, later on President Johnson would sign the executive order requiring business with federal contracts to hire women and people of color, thus establishing one of the first affirmative action programs in the U.S. (Gollnick and Chinn, 2017). Later in 1972, ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), was passed by Congress. Due to lack of state support it was never ratified and by the 80’s political leaders failed to ensure equal rights for women. In the 90’s feminist groups began to cover broader topics like civil rights for all rather than just women. The biggest feminist group today National Organization for Women (NOW) covers such topics as racial