In last year’s Olympic Games, it seemed that the women of the United States had all the juice. “The U.S. women have won 58 medals to the men's 45 and 29 gold medals compared to the men,” says Ann Killion writer for Sports Illustrated. This just shows how much women have progressed over time. When I went to the Olympics website it stated that, “Women first took part in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. On that occasion, there were 22 women, from a total of 997 athletes, competing in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, horse riding and golf.” This also shows you how much things have changed because now over 4,000 women competed in last year’s games. To me, it seems that women have broken down barriers and most of their goals in equality with men have come to pass from hard work. Women like Billie Jean King and others that have fought hard for women to not only get equal pay as men did but to get recognized on the same competitive stage also. So you can say Title IX helped women gain equality in sports, but I believe it has been all women. Since 1900 all the hard work, sacrifices, big games, and progression over time that has allowed them to be recognized as competitors rather than just care takers. Women have a lot more growing to do but in the future, I definitely can see women competing against men in professional and even Olympic sports showing everyone what sport and competition is really about.
Jeremy Shay
ReplyDeleteTitle IX has done a lot for females and what they are able to do in their sports whether it is at the college level, professional, or at the Olympics. With the Title IX they were given the chance to prove what they can do to everyone and they took that chance and proved to everyone that they should have the same chances are male athletes. Title IX wasn't the only thing that got them the chance to play sports at all of these levels. Their hard work and willing to prove everyone wrong was another big reason that got to them the places they are today. They are showing everyone national that they should have professional sports and be able to complete in college.