12/07/2004 08:10:00 AM|||Toni|||Phyllis Schlafly: Supreme Court wrestles with Title IX

Title IX can and is a confusing issue. Most people don't understand the far reaching effects of this law and to make matters worse feminists continue to muddy the water. Some of their statements and proclamations are outright laughable but others are rather scary.

In ridiculing the senselessness of gender quotas, the University of Kansas college newspaper published this ironic comment. "College sports for women should be compulsory. Granted, many women may insist they don't want to play sports, but after generations of patriarchal oppression, it isn't realistic to think women really know what they want. The goal of perfectly equal gender ratios is more important than what anybody 'wants.'"

Here's what Title IX has boiled down to:

Feminists in the Carter and Clinton administrations converted Title IX into a weapon to enforce gender quotas, thereby abolishing as many men's college athletic teams as possible.

Gender quotas are created by the invention of an informal regulation called the "proportionality test," which means that the male-to-female ratio on competitive sports teams must equal the male-to-female ratio of college enrollment. About 56 percent of college students today are women, yet only a fraction seek to compete in intercollegiate sports.

True intent of the law:
Long forgotten were the words of Title IX's author, former U.S. Rep. Edith Green, D-Ohio, who stated that the law is "exceedingly explicit so that the establishment of quotas would be prohibited."

Feminists in the Carter and Clinton administrations converted Title IX into a weapon to enforce gender quotas, thereby abolishing as many men's college athletic teams as possible.

How successful have they been?
The senseless numbers game called proportionality has resulted in the elimination of hundreds of male teams: 171 colleges dropped wresting, 37 colleges dropped football, 27 dropped outdoor track, 25 dropped swimming and 10 abolished ice hockey.

The abolition of wrestling teams proves that Title IX enforcement has nothing to do with equalizing funding or scholarships, because wrestling is one of the cheapest of all competitive sports. Eliminating wrestling does nothing for women; it simply feeds the anti-masculine animus of feminists.

My nephew had recently written a short paper/letter which was printed by the newspaper. I was looking forward to reading it because the newspaper had referred to these letters from Middle Schooler's letters as Title IX Commentary. Course when I asked my nephew about his Title IX report he gave me a blank look. He had no clue what I was talking about. Most of the comments were of the sort you would have expected from Middle School kids......girls should have the same opportunities as boys. The boys don't at this point understand the true implications of this twisting of the law. This isn't just about opportunity, it's about womens sports being forced down your throat whether you want it or not. I'm happy that girls are able to participate in many different sports and they are able to experience team work and competetiveness. But does that mean all men's sports are to be at risk due to an imbalance of interest between girls and boys?

Here's an idea! Let's eliminate all sports in the education system along with music and art. Since none of this is education per se. At the college level most sports teams (both male and female) are just farm teams for professional sports. Just think how much money the colleges and universities could save by the elimination of sports. Sorry Football, Hockey and Basketball fans out there. And the same could be said for music and art, it's just a training ground for theaters and orchestra's out there. How about we just deal with the ABC's and forgettabout the rest!

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