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Vol. 1, No. 1 = No.1 (1997 Spring)

Title IX of the United States Education Amendments: A Gender-Equity Education Intervention Strategy

  • Cindy Pemberton
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21423/awlj-v0.a32
Submitted
June 14, 2017
Published
2017-06-09

Abstract

It has become increasingly apparent that gender equity in athletics, while in some instances centered on the particulars of Title IX compliance, is about more than that. Gender equity in athletics is about confronting fundamental cultural norms, beliefs and values held by a population who has been historically and traditionally responsible for perpetuating sexism, sex bias and discrimination through a variety of socio-cultural institutions, one of which is the co-curricular activity of school sport.