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the advancement of women in education in the United States. Discussion In 1971, a Connecticut judge said, "Athletic competition builds character in our boys. We do not need that kind
of character in our girls" (Title IX: A sea change in gender equity in education, 1997; hereafter "Sea change, 1997"). That comment is so sexist, so outdated and so cringe-worthy
that one has to wonder if the judge was living under a rock. But the fact that he made this comment in 1971, not 1871, shows that women were still
battling for equality, a battle that continues to this day. It would be foolish to deny that there has been progress, a great deal of it due to Title IX.
Title IX was modeled on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin (Sea change, 1997). Three other pieces of
legislation followed the civil rights legislation: "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibiting disability discrimination; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; and Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibiting disability discrimination by public entities" (Sea change, 1997). It seems that Title IX is simply a logical extension of rights to another group of citizens
that has been routinely marginalized. Some of the positive impacts of Title IX include the fact that the education gap between men and women has closed completely (Sea change,
1997). In fact, there are now more women than men in college, and more women than men receive masters degrees (Sea change, 1997). The positive steps began when Title IX
was passed; before that, women were distinctly unwelcome in higher education (Sea change, 1997). In some places, discrimination against women was written into the law: "Virginia state law prohibited women
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