In a recent NY Times article, schools were taken to task for using deceptive methods to achieve gender equality as mandated by Title IX, which mandates gender equality in all school programs, including athletics. The author, Katie Thomas, implies that the schools are taking shortcuts to avoid obtaining equality, despite the fact that women now outnumber men by a fairly wide margin in university enrollment.

The idea that schools are deliberately fostering inequality is shortsighted at best. The truth is that women simply aren’t as interested in sports as men. This is borne out by the fact that virtually every major sport in history was invented by and played by men. Since when have girls flocked to pickup games at the neighborhood vacant lot or B-ball court? You give boys sticks and a ball and they’ll invent their own game on the spot. Sports are part of the masculine nature.

Sure, girls have a tradition of outdoor activities as well, such as double dutch and figure skating, but they tend to be more of a form of dance or display than the hunting/warfare type competitions boys engage in. Title IX is a clear example of a Bolshevik-style push for equality despite clear natural differences between men and women.

So, in order to comply with the unnatural law passed in 1972, colleges are resorting to less-than-forthright measures, including listing male athletes as female, signing up women who are unqualified, and adding women who are not even playing at all:

But as women have grown to 57 percent of American colleges’ enrollment, athletic programs have increasingly struggled to field a proportional number of female athletes. And instead of pouring money into new women’s teams or trimming the rosters of prized football teams, many colleges are turning to a sleight of hand known as roster management. According to a review of public records from more than 20 colleges and universities by The New York Times, and an analysis of federal participation statistics from all 345 institutions in N.C.A.A. Division I — the highest level of college sports — many are padding women’s team rosters with underqualified, even unwitting, athletes. They are counting male practice players as women. And they are trimming the rosters of men’s teams.

As athletic programs are currently interpreted, achieving equal numbers of males and females participating in athletic programs without cooking the books will probably require an enrollment ratio of about 85% female to 15% male. As higher education becomes increasingly feminized, that is possible, but unlikely. However, there is another solution: reclassify certain activities that women tend to prefer as sports. If dancing, double dutch, singing, modeling, shopping, doing hair and applying makeup were classified as sports, female participation in sports could be boosted significantly without the need to cut men’s programs or resort to deception.

So, bring on shopping competitions, makeup face-offs, and jump-rope routines! The girls will enthusiastically participate, boys’ sports can remain unmolested, and administrators can breathe a sigh of relief.