Title IX thoughts

When title IX was passed it said nothing in the definition about athletics, and it still doesn't, but now it is known almost solely related to sports. It covers 13 areas,ranging from travel expenses to scholarships.  How exactly does the school make sure that all 13 areas are in compliance with Title IX? Do they look at all 13 as a whole and compare it to total percentage of male/female students? Or do they take each individual section and compare? If they do it as a whole, it would not be fair because males could have more travel benefits than females (which often is the case) or more scholarships (which often is the case). How do schools get away with not complying with Title IX? I feel like all schools should have someone they have to report to that keep track of compliance each and every year. The second prong in Title IX from the lecture states that “the school must show a history of continuing expansion of opportunities for the under represented gender” how do they prove this?? Does one more opportunity than last year and the year before count? How do they measure this? Is there a completely accurate way to measure this so that it is fair universally? Even for the third prong, how do you represent the fact that you are doing what the underrepresented gender wants? A survey? Surveys can be duplicated, or fabricated, how do we know they are genuine and true?? Not replying to an interest survey can be counted as non-interest! How is this fair???? I feel the government needs to come up with a better way to measure equality under Title IX. What do you think? 

Lyndsay Eden

LT 24

Kin 577