Title IX Academic Resources Help Shed Light On Female Inequality

In 1972, President Nixon had signed a document, a document we now know as Title IX that set the world of sports on a frenzy.  The reason why was because Title IX is a document that falls under the Educational Amendment that states any educational program receiving Federal assistance can lose funding if it discriminates the sex of participants in that sport (Women In Sports: The Struggle for Equality, 2000).  This piece comes from a document called, Women In Sports: The Struggle for Equality that was published back in 2000 and discussed Title IX and what it stands for, the first encounter of inequality that was televised with the Women's World Cup in 1999, and how this document signed back in 1972 has done little to raise awareness for equality and eliminate discrimination.

The 1999 Women's World Cup had more than 658,000 fans in attendance and one billion television viewers.  One of the first largest viewings of women's sports.  However, women in soccer still make half of what men do in 2016, yet the U.S. Women's Soccer Team has more wins recorded then men do.  With that being said, in April 2016, the women's team filed lawsuit against the league due to inequality.  There is no equality in the world of sports, even if women teams receive more wins then men.  Title IX can be seen to be one layer of the wall of inequality being stripped away, however there are many more layers to be pealed away before we see equality between men and women.