It is becoming increasingly difficult to find a political issue that unites Americans. But there is at least one that generates a common basis: protecting sports sports. Overwhelming polls indicate that a majority of Americans, from both ends of the political spectrum, do not believe that allowing stronger, faster men in women’s competitions and intimate spaces is fair for women and girls.
On Monday, June 23, while we are celebrating the 53rd birthday of Title IX, we are joining Americans throughout the country to continue the fight to guarantee the sex-based protection that we need uniquely needed as women: the right to compete in equal, separate athletic programs, to gain access to intimate spaces with women and to be displayed.
Before the passage in 1972, the possibility to compete – or to be recognized in athletics – was rare for women and girls. Fewer than 32,000 women played collegial sports and fewer than 300,000 girls played sports in high school. Moreover, women had no equal access to fairs or academic programs.
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Even after the first passage, progress was slow. The most recognized sports club today – the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – did not do that start Recognizing women’s volleyball as championships until 1981, more than ten years after The first men’s championship. The NCAA too recognized The women’s softball championship that same year, while the first baseball championship for men taken Place in 1947.
More than 3 million girls in America today play high school sports and play more than 222,000 collegial sports. But this was not always the case. Powerhouse -athletes such as basketball star Caitlin Clark and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who made a career of their athletic bravery, could rise to professional sports because of the foundation laid by title IX.
Although common sense has won in the court of public opinion, ideological insanity continues to get the upper hand in athletic competitions throughout the country. For example, just a few weeks ago, a man once again made the headlines for stealing the first place in a girl’s job meeting in California.
The good news is that we no longer have a President in the White House that will bend the knee and let these serious situations continue without consequences. Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, the US Department of Education has adopted a permanent attitude in favor of common sense. From the start, this administration has quickly tried to protect women under federal education civil rights legislation end The illegal interpretation of title IX and again, the Biden era of Title IX and again for defending the protection of equal opportunities based on organic sex. President Trump repeated that protection by a executive order To ban men for women’s sports, and the department has forcefully enforced that guideline.
The department has also made it clear that states are not allowed to discriminate against girls in sport by allowing men to compete, stealing titles and victories and placing female athletes in physical danger. Take Payton Mcnabb, for example, who sustained significant injuries on her head and neck of the high speed of a volleyball, not by a fellow-feminine competitor, but by a versa man.
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This is unacceptable.
In response to these clear dangers for female athletes, which are protected by federal legislation, the Trump government has started research into California, Maine and other states for alleged violations. Together with the US Department of Justice, the department is Accelerate examination To schools and universities for short -changing female athletes and the violation of Title IX. From the California Interscholastic Foundation to the Minnesota State High School League to the University of Maryland, these agencies work together to retain title IX and to ensure that women are not subject to unfair competition with men. States that do not follow the law run the risk of losing federal financing when they are insisting on the civil rights of women.
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This title IX -jubilee will not be marred by an interpretation that does not respect the rights of women and girls in favor of the feelings of male athletes. Instead, we will celebrate the athletic performance of women throughout the country.
As a woman who played unorganized sports before title IX and a woman who has passed the abuse of Title IX of the Biden administration, we both know the importance of having a law that enables women. We are on the side of the vast majority of Americans who agree that what women have had to endure in sport in recent years is absurd and unfair. Women deserve access to honest and safe competition, and their voices are finally heard under the Trump administration.
Payton Mcnabb is a sports ambassador for independent women and former three-sport high school athlete Changed tragedy in triumph After a traumatic brain injury, her athletic future ended.
