Title IX

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e excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance" (National Education Association Research 19).
Before Title IX there were a lot of inequalities among female and male students. Many schools and universities had separate entrances for male and female students. Female students were not allowed to take certain courses, such as auto mechanics or criminal justice; and male students could not take home economics. Most medical and law schools limited the number of women admitted to 15 or fewer per school. Many colleges and universities required women to have higher test scores and better grades than male applicants to gain admission. Women living on campus had curfews. Women faculty members were excluded from faculty clubs and encouraged to join faculty wives' clubs instead. Scholarships for women athletes did not exist. (U.S. Department of Education)
Before Title IX assumptions about women were that they were inferior to men, not as smart or athletic. Since the inception of Title IX that has changed. Through the past thirty-two years we have realized that women and men are equal both in education and athletics....