Which of these are US Title IX (Women's Sports) Myths or Facts? Why or Why not?

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edith clarke

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1) Title IX has resulted in the loss of athletic opportunities for men's sports.

2) Girls are not as interested as boys in playing sports.

3) It is not fair that Title IX requires equal spending on men's and women's programs because the men's programs bring in all of the school's money.

4) The American public is not supportive of Title IX.

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1) True

2) Not anymore---many american men have been pussyfied to the point they don't wanna participate in sports

3)Very true - The AVG attendance of an U of Arizona football game (a mediocre football team) is 52,160. How many women's games--of any sport--does it take to get to that total?

4) Again--very true--if the american public supported women's sports like femilibs say they do--the attendance of those events would be the same as men's events.
 
I think they're all myths. Men's sports has become like some kind of monolith to the point that people "live and breathe" it in a ridiculous, unhealthy way. I'm sorry, most men's sports are commercialized jokes meant to make people money, not for "love of the game." In the grand scheme of things, it unfortunately just doesn't frickin' matter if the Pigs beat the Pogs. (Another issue is here the *competitiveness* fundamental to men's sports - why is it so much about who "wins" and "loses"? This is B.S.)

If a man wants to play ball in college, he has every opportunity to go to a college that has a team in the certain sport he plays. We didn't have a men's baseball team at the Big Ten school I attended. Whoopee sh*t. As though there aren't a zillion other places men have access to baseball, from multiple local leagues to the TV every single night.
 
1. Depends on how you look at it. Title IX by itself hasn't caused a loss of anything. However, you can't deny that some of the men's sports that have been cut were cut to get in line with Title IX.

2. Overall, I'd say this is true. I know lots of guys who lived and breathed sports. Even the most accomplished girl athletes I've known weren't like that. I don't doubt they exist, but I don't see them in nearly the same quantity as boy athletes like that.

3. False. Actually, at most schools only football and basketball bring in money. A few colleges can make money off of baseball. Universities lose money on almost all sports, men's and women's alike.

4. There's a mixed opinion. Most people think it's a good idea but there are a lot of people who don't agree with the way it's implemented.
 
1. Depends on how you look at it. Title IX by itself hasn't caused a loss of anything. However, you can't deny that some of the men's sports that have been cut were cut to get in line with Title IX.

2. Overall, I'd say this is true. I know lots of guys who lived and breathed sports. Even the most accomplished girl athletes I've known weren't like that. I don't doubt they exist, but I don't see them in nearly the same quantity as boy athletes like that.

3. False. Actually, at most schools only football and basketball bring in money. A few colleges can make money off of baseball. Universities lose money on almost all sports, men's and women's alike.

4. There's a mixed opinion. Most people think it's a good idea but there are a lot of people who don't agree with the way it's implemented.
 
All but #1 are myths.

Girls are as interested as boys in playing sports. You don't hear about them because you are too busy paying homage to the boys playing.

Actually, some women's programs bring in more money, but this isn't about money, anyway. It's about equal opportunity.

The American public mostly has been supportive of Title lX.
 
1 Yes

2 Yes

3 A lot of men's and women's sports benefit from the one or two revenue producing programs at a school.

4 I don't think most Americans even know what Title IX is
 
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