For my Vignette Draft I wrote about Gender Equality, Discrimination, and Double-Status.
Gender Quality is a big part of Title IX. The portrayal of gender in sports and the opportunities out there for college athletes of both genders is very important. To create more equality there not only needs to
be added funds and support in that regard to women’s sports, but the overall
interest and attention to the more “feminine” sports and specifically sports
being played by females needs to
increase. Title IX can help create gender equality in sports by applying laws
and enforcing them on programs. The concept of gender equality in sports may be
very hard for us to reach because our society has been formed around the
feeling that masculinity is greater than
femininity
Discrimination is an important part of Title IX because different sexes and races have a different experience with Title IX. Women often feel discriminated against in the athletic world because of the general expectation that sports are for men.Men also feel discriminated against through certain acts of Title IX, because ins some cases men's athletic programs are taken away in order to help women's athletic programs. Minority races also feel discriminated against and do not generally benefit very much from Title IX.
While writing my Counter Argument: I grew to understand that point of view very well. I have debated adopting that point of view, as well as other counter argument worthy aspects of Title IX. It's interesting to hear about how Title IX can hurt different people in the college athletic world. I especially think it's interesting how it protects from sex discrimination but does not protect so much against race discrimination or helping out those of minority races. I plan to incorporate how Title IX affects men;s sports teams as well as how it doesn't particularly help out females of minority races. That was an epiphany to me and I think it's an important issue to address.
