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Title IX: Lawsuit Thrown Out : The Breeze

jalam1001

January 20, 2010

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Title	Title IX: Lawsuit Thrown Out : The Breeze
Author	jalam1001
Upvotes	12
Comments	7
Date	January 20, 2010 3:21 AM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/arq7x/title_ix_lawsuit_thrown_out_the_breeze/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/title-ix-lawsuit-thrown-out-the-breeze.1051142 https://theredarchive.com/post/1051142

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My philosophical stance on title 9 is a little at odds with my personal experience. Generally I am opposed to any sort of affirmative action. However, when I was in highschool I played intermural ultimate frisbee, starting my freshman year. There were very few girls, maybe 12 out of about 80. My senior year the administration decided girls on the intermural soccer team were being beat up by teams that were predominately male. Soccer enrollment was closer to 50-50. Their solution was to make a boy's league and a girl's league that would not play each other. I was the captain and only girl on my team, and they gave me the boot. There weren't enough girls to make one team, let alone two for a game. They tried to use the "girls aren't interested, sorry" line to keep me out. I had played the past 3 years, captained for the past 2, won the finals the year before, but I was no longer welcome. They only let me play because I brought up title 9. I was the only girl that played frisbee that year, and our uniforms said "boy's ultimate frisbee" on them. I realize this isn't exactly the same. But it is hard to build interest on a program that doesn't exist. That being said, I think scholarships should be for scholarship, not athletic ability. Give money to degree programs, not entertainment.

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