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Diamond dilemma: Women, softball and baseball
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 27, 2014 at 11:56am

Tweet This week I’m devoting several posts stemming from Monday’s 42nd Title IX anniversary, with an emphasis on cultural issues relating to gender and sports. Here are previous posts on “Title IX, sports and the culture of grievance,&r...;more

Sexuality, Pride and women’s basketball
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 26, 2014 at 2:05pm

Tweet This week I’m devoting several posts stemming from Monday’s 42nd Title IX anniversary, with an emphasis on cultural issues relating to gender and sports. Here are previous posts on “Title IX, sports and the culture of grievance,&r...;more

What are the Title IX Implications of USC's 4-Year Scholarship Plan?
by Title IX Blog
posted June 26, 2014 at 2:04pm

On Monday, University of Southern California announced that it will offer four-year scholarships to all scholarship athletes in football, men's basketball, and women's basketball.  This modifies the university's existing practice of offering all scho...more

Title IX, sports and the culture of grievance
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 24, 2014 at 4:53pm

Tweet This week I’m devoting several posts stemming from today’s Title IX anniversary, ongoing matters related to investigations of sexual assault on college campuses, the O’Bannon v. NCAA trial and continuing cultural issues relating t...more

Investigation Opened at James Madison University
by Title IX Blog
posted June 19, 2014 at 9:04pm

The Department of Education recently opened an investigation into allegations that James Madison University violated Title IX by failing to adequately punish three male students found responsible for sexual assault. The university has reportedly subjected...more

What do athletes and models have in common? A Sh!tty labour structure
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 18, 2014 at 8:16pm

Professional sports and the world of modelling both represent dreams worlds for us mere mortals.  We see them on billboards.  We aspire to be like them for one reason or another.  We tend to think, "that seems like a nice life".  And f...more

Lead the Change Be the Change - IWG on Women and Sport
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 13, 2014 at 6:26pm

Anyone interested in the politics of women in sport should check out the live feed from the International Working Group on Women and Sport conference. The three-day conference started yesterday, and you can find the links here Watch Conference Live ...more

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: We Need to Stamp Out Misogyny in Sports
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 13, 2014 at 6:23pm

Kareem Adbul-Jabbar opens the conversation:The easiest way to determine women’s value to their culture is to look at how much we pay them in relation to men. Some studies suggest that in general women make less doing the same jobs as men (the Census...more

World Conference on Women and Sport: Message from Helsinki is about access and leadership
by Fair Game News
posted June 13, 2014 at 6:21pm

By Laura Pappano The 6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport opened yesterday in Helsinki, Finland 20 years after the first gathering in 1994 in Brighton, England produced a declaration calling on governments and sports organizations to work for...more

New Yorker nails sports sexism
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 12, 2014 at 9:10pm

A quite brilliant cartoon from The New Yorker - thank you Twitter for sharing. More New Yorker cartoons here. ...more

Settlement over softball fields
by Title IX Blog
posted June 5, 2014 at 9:33pm

A class action lawsuit filed just over a year ago in Batavia, New York has been settled. Filed by parents of softball players over the poor conditions of the softball field, the school district--which claims that improvements to the softball field were in...more

.@NACWAA Member News & Honors; Nine New Members
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 5, 2014 at 9:29pm

Author:  NACWAA June 4, 2014 Dr. Sharon Beverly, assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of athletics and recreation at The College of New Jersey, was one of 30 leading women in higher education to be...more

Is it possible to grow up gender blind?
by Pretty Tough
posted June 5, 2014 at 9:20pm

If you’re a girl who plays sports, how much do you think your upbringing contributed to your athletic successes or ability to be competitive? If you have brothers, are they treated differently by parents, coaches, teachers or friends?  Do you f...more

NCAA/ @NACWAA Institute for Administrative Advancement West Recap
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 5, 2014 at 9:18pm

Author:  NACWAA June 5, 2014 Passionate, resilient, strong and inspired aren’t only the cornerstones of NACWAA values, but the words also describe key characteristics of the 38 athletics administration professionals who at...more

Girls' Charter School Wins Preliminary Injunction to Remain Open for Now
by Title IX Blog
posted June 5, 2014 at 9:16pm

A case being litigated in a federal district court in Delaware is raising interesting questions about Title IX's application to charter schools.  Last November, the Delaware Department of Education decided not to renew the charter for Reach Academy f...more

TIME focuses on campus sexual assault
by Title IX Blog
posted May 30, 2014 at 6:16pm

The May 15 issue of TIME magazine devotes considerable attention to campus sexual assault and the reaction to the activism that has resulted from increased awareness and demands for justice. Alas, you cannot access all the articles online without a subscr...more

Five More Universities Under Investigation
by Title IX Blog
posted May 29, 2014 at 10:12pm

The Department of Education announced today that it has opened five additional investigations into  campuses policies and practices surrounding sexual violence, bringing to 60 the previous tally of 55 that had been announced by the Department earlier...more

Sexism, Misogyny, & Violence Toward Women: The Role of Sport
by One Sport Voice
posted May 29, 2014 at 9:24pm

Recent events in sport and outside of sport (i.e., Elliot Rodger) have given visibility in clear and stomach turning ways to the fact that girls and women face sexism, misogyny and sexual and domestic violence at alarming rates. Lately blatant acts of der...more

A 13-year-old's query about equality returns Storm-Seahawks debate to spotlight
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted May 13, 2014 at 7:08pm

I asked a colleague to see if he could find the origin of the widely accepted "Big 4" sports term used in media. You know, the quantifier to keep the conversation to the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL? So far we can't find an origin or reason why hockey is even i...more

Shouldering the Burden: Sherpas, responsible tourism and gender norms.
by The Rabbit Hole
posted May 12, 2014 at 7:48pm

Photo from National Geographic.On April 18th the tragic deaths of 16 Sherpas closed tourist access to Mount Everest for the remainder of the season. The Sherpas were swept away by an avalanche while trying to prepare route access for tourists on...more

Colorado pays settlement to sexual assault victim
by Title IX Blog
posted May 11, 2014 at 9:26am

The University of Colorado Boulder will be paying out a $32,500 settlement to a student who was sexually assaulted by another student last year. The victim reported the assault but the perpetrator was allowed to stay on campus for four weeks,  receiv...more

VMI's Sexual Assualt Policies Violate Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted May 10, 2014 at 3:56pm

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced today that it has found the Virginia Military Institution in violation of Title IX for not protecting female cadets from a sexually hostile environment and for failing to provide prompt and e...more

Former Student Files Complaint Against Northeastern
by Title IX Blog
posted May 8, 2014 at 8:44pm

A former student has reportedly filed a complaint alleging that Northeastern University did not adequately respond to her report of having been raped by another student in 2011.  The university allegedly discouraged her from reporting, failed to info...more

What counts in Dept of Ed's new list
by Title IX Blog
posted May 7, 2014 at 10:53pm

An article HuffPo raises the issue of what counts when it comes to the Department of Education's newly published list of schools under investigation for Title IX violations based on the handling of sexual assault cases. Title IX, of course, covers other ...more

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