| Description |
1 online resource (x, 287 pages) |
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Critical America |
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Critical America.
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| Contents |
Separate is equal? -- Integration rights : girls playing with boys and boys playing with girls -- The three-part test and the opportunity to play -- Complicating equal participation : what counts as a sport, which sports should women play, and which women get to play them? -- Cutting men's opportunities to help women? : Title IX and leveling down -- Treatment as an equal -- The dilemma of difference and the "problem" of pregnancy -- Beyond equal access : retaliation, coaching, and sexual harassment |
| Summary |
Title IX, a landmark federal statute enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in education, has worked its way into American culture as few other laws have. The subject of web blogs and T-shirt slogans, it is credited with opening the doors to the massive numbers of girls and women now participating in competitive sports--yet few people fully understand the extent to which it has succeeded in challenging the gender norms that have circumscribed women's place in society more generally. In this first legal analysis of Title IX, law professor Deborah L. Brake assesses the statute's successes and failures. She provides a richer understanding and appreciation of what Title IX has accomplished, while taking a critical look at the places where it has fallen short.--From publisher description |
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Title IX, a landmark federal statute enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in education, has worked its way into American culture as few other laws have. It is an iconic law, the subject of web blogs and T-shirt slogans, and is widely credited with opening the doors to the massive numbers of girls and women now participating in competitive sports. Yet few people fully understand the law's requirements, or the extent to which it has succeeded in challenging the gender norms that have circumscribed women's opportunities as athletes and their place in society more generally. In this firs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX.
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| SUBJECT |
Education Amendments of 1972 (United States) fast |
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Sex discrimination in sports -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Women athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Sex discrimination in sports -- Law and legislation
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Women athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814787120 |
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0814787126 |
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9780814789797 |
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081478979X |
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