Page 16 - Gender Inequality in Sports: From Title IX to World Titles

“WE TRAINED JUST AS HARD AND WE HAVE
JUST AS MUCH LOVE FOR OUR SPORT. WE CRONN-MILLS
DESERVE TO PLAY JUST AS MUCH AS ANY
OTHER ATHLETE. . . . I AM SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING TREATED LIKE I AM SECOND RATE.
I PLAN ON STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
AND FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY.”
—Sage Ohlensehlen, Women’s Swim Team Captain
at the University of Iowa

“GIRLS ARE SOCIALIZED TO KNOW . . . THAT
GENDER ROLES ARE ALREADY SET. MEN RUN
THE WORLD. MEN HAVE THE POWER. MEN
MAKE THE DECISIONS. . . . WHEN THESE
GIRLS ARE COMING OUT, WHO ARE THEY
LOOKING UP TO TELLING THEM THAT’S NOT
THE WAY IT HAS TO BE? AND WHERE BETTER
TO DO THAT THAN IN SPORTS?”
—Muffet McGraw, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Notre Dame

“FIGHTING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES ENTAILS RISK. IT DEMANDS YOU
PUT YOURSELF IN HARM’S WAY BY CALLING OUT
INJUSTICE WHEN IT OCCURS. SOMETIMES IT’S BIG
THINGS, LIKE A BOSS MAKING OVERTLY SEXIST
REMARKS OR ASSERTING THEY WON’T HIRE WOMEN.
BUT FAR MORE OFTEN, IT’S LITTLE, SEEMINGLY
INNOCUOUS, THINGS . . . THAT SIDELINE THE TO WORLD TITLES FROM TITLE IX
WOMEN WHOSE WORK YOU DEPEND ON EVERY DAY.
YOU CAN USE YOUR PRIVILEGE TO HELP THOSE WHO
DON’T HAVE IT. IT’S REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT.”
—Liz Elting, women’s rights advocate

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