Paperback coming of Title IX history
The New Press will release a trade paperback version of 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination.
NCAA vs. Title IX = Big $$$$
A pending legal settlement pits the NCAA vs. Title IX to determine whether millions of dollars will go 90% to men.
A Title IX godfather inspires “dadflies”
Herb Dempsey is a Title IX "godfather" who has inspired other gadfly fathers -- dubbed "dadflies" by Sports Illustrated -- to fight for equity in education for at least 30 years. In honor of Fathers Day this month and to…
Title IX rules finalized and evolving
The U.S. Department of Education finalized new Title IX rules that illustrate the ever-evolving ways our society tries to battle sex discrimination in education. It's fair to say that we've made great progress in the last 52 years since Congress…
Proposed Title IX transgender rules delayed
The U.S. Department of Education will delay its proposed Title IX transgender rules until after the 2024 elections, news outlets report. The proposed regulations would prevent broad bans against transgender students participating in athletics, a practice being considered in dozens…
NCAA sexism clouds basketball records
During Women's History Month and March Madness 2024, NCAA sexism clouds the all-time record-breaking greatness we're witnessing in intercollegiate basketball. It's a pity. The NCAA's actions distract from the achievements of University of Iowa basketball great Caitlin Clark, who this…
Title IX history going and coming
https://youtu.be/EJUOHcOqRPI?feature=shared This month, October 2023, marks two milestones in Title IX history -- one of a Title IX foremother going to her rest and one marking 10 years of today's youth coming into the next chapter of Title IX advocacy…
Schools backsliding on sports equity
The law that banned sex discrimination in education -- Title IX -- is 51 years old, yet schools are backsliding on sports equity. A new analysis shows that the illegal disparities between school sports for girls or boys, women or…
Title IX discussion questions available
If your class or book group would like to talk about the ideas and stories raised in my book 37 Words, I've got some Title IX discussion questions for you! And if you'd like me to Zoom in on the…
Talking Title IX in Maine
Join me for three events this week in the Pine Tree State, where I'll be talking about Title IX in Maine. The Portland Press Herald published a Commentary by me with a preview of some of what I'll say. (And…
Fair Play for Women proposed
Three U.S. Congresswomen and a senator proposed the Fair Play for Women Act to address ongoing inequities in school athletics 50 years after Title IX outlawed such discrimination. The legislation would make a number of significant changes. In a nutshell:…
Schools ignore Title IX with impunity
Many schools ignore Title IX with impunity, a stellar investigation by USA Today found. In the final installment of its 2022 series of investigations for Title IX's 50th anniversary, USA Today reported on its year-long study of letters and agreements…
Video: athletes see the differences in treatment
Rather than read the case files of recent Title IX lawsuits, you can easily get the picture through this short video of athletes describing how they see differences in their schools' treatment of girls' and boys' sports. In this case,…
Time for Congress to enforce Title IX in sports?
Fifty years of failure to stop sex discrimination in school athletics means that it's time for Congress to help enforce Title IX in sports, an influential think tank proposed. If schools with athletics programs want federal funding (which nearly all…
Women’s Equality Day includes education
Women's Equality Day on August 26 includes the struggle for equity in education, which handily illustrates how movements for various aspects of women's rights are never really separate from each other. On that date in 1920, U.S. women won the…
37 Words coming to Korea
Good news -- The publisher Wisdom House has licensed the rights to publish a translation of 37 Words in Korea! I'm surprised, I'll admit. I figured that my history of Title IX and the struggle against sex discrimination in U.S…
Where are “protectors” of women’s sports now?
The self-designated "protectors" of women's sports who loudly oppose allowing a few transgender girls and women to compete remain oddly silent about practices that unfairly give hundreds of women's playing slots to cisgender men year after year after year. An…
Potential big deal for Title IX lawsuits
A little-noticed legal ruling this week could be a big deal for Title IX lawsuits going forward. If I'm reading this right, colleges and universities could be held accountable not only for cases in which they were deliberately indifferent to…
Confronting child sex trafficking on campus
Child sex trafficking isn't the first thing most people think of when they consider sexual harassment and assault in higher education. But it's more common than you may think. And perpetrators are almost all white, male academics, according to a…
Revisiting AIAW during March Madness
With the March Madness basketball tournaments in full swing, I can't resist revisiting a fine article in the Washington Post about the NCAA's dead sibling, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). This "Made by History" article is full…