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Law review article addresses school officials' individual liability post-Fitzgerald
by Title IX Blog
posted June 22, 2011 at 12:28am

An article in the recent issue of the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society examines the Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, which held that Title IX does not preclude a concurrent claim for Equal Protection ...more

Some ideas for reworking Title IX
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 20, 2011 at 10:24pm

This is the sixth in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and intern...more

X Games Petition
by SkaterGirl
posted June 20, 2011 at 9:20am

Quote: X Games 17 is just around the corner. Invited athletes have been announced, street courses have been revealed, and a whopping sixteen events will take place over the course of four days in Downtown LA. Out of all of these events, there is only one ...more

Play the Game Announces Preliminary Program: Great Selection of Women's Sports Issues
by Women in Sport International
posted June 19, 2011 at 11:43am

Play the Game is hosting its 2011 conference in Cologne, Germany from October 3 to October 6th. Yesterday Play the Game released it's preliminary program that offers several interesting panels for those interested in women's sport issues. This year's conf...more

Elite Female Athletes - Where do they belong?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 19, 2011 at 12:48am

Photo from Bitten BoundOne thing that elite male athletes will never share with elite female athletes (well a bunch of stuff actually, but humour me here) is the question - where do I belong? Male athletes at the top of their sport are exactly where the...more

Women’s Sports Without Illusions: The First Week
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 18, 2011 at 9:07pm

Thanks to all those on Twitter and elsewhere for their comments this week to the start of my series, “Women’s Sports Without Illusions.” I’m really humbled by it all. Of course, I’m not expecting the precincts of The Sisterhood to report in, ...more

Sports and eros, or why sex is more fun than gender
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 18, 2011 at 9:57am

This is the fifth in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and intern...more

Female wrestlers' Title IX case against UC Davis goes to trial
by Title IX Blog
posted June 17, 2011 at 1:15pm

On Wednesday, a federal district court judge in California heard closing arguments in the trial to determine whether the University of California at Davis violated Title IX when it denied opportunities to female wrestlers in 2001. The case has been in li...more

Making football the enemy of women’s sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 17, 2011 at 9:50am

This is the fourth in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and inter...more

How women have held back women’s sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 15, 2011 at 3:46pm

This is the third in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and intern...more

Women’s sports and the matter of choice
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 14, 2011 at 10:19pm

This is the second in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that critically examines the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and in...more

The elusive notion of gender equality in sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 14, 2011 at 5:35pm

This is the first in a series entitled “Women’s Sports Without Illusions” that will critically examine the nearly four decades of the women’s sports movement, including Title IX, cultural and social developments, the growth of professional and int...more

Poll: Should Women Athletes Be Able To Compete Wearing the Hijab?
by Women in Sport International
posted June 13, 2011 at 9:48am

This week's poll asks whether women athletes should be able to compete while wearing the hijab. FIFA has come under fire over the past week for disqualifying the Iran's women's soccer team because members of the team did not comply with the FIFA dress cod...more

Calling all Law Professors' Papers on Harassment and Bullying
by Title IX Blog
posted June 10, 2011 at 4:39pm

This is a call for papers on the application of Title IX to bullying and harassment in schools. Selected papers will be presented at the American Association of Law Schools' annual meeting in January and published in the Western New England Law Review. ...more

Coming next week: Special series on women and sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 9, 2011 at 9:26pm

Tweet < p> So what’s this racquet all about? There is an excellent answer to this question that I do plan to reveal here very soon. It will be a very personal reply to one of the most important aspects of my life, and it’s one that I’ve als...more

I guess it depends on your definition of thriving
by After Atalanta
posted June 9, 2011 at 5:36pm

I like to see/read stories on women in the so-called non-traditional sports; as in non-traditional for women; not non-traditional as in Ultimate Frisbee (which is not an insult--I like non-traditional sports or sports done in non-traditional ways; check t...more

WISI Article (make that video) of the Week: Hillary Clinton Launches Girls Soccer Initiative
by Women in Sport International
posted June 8, 2011 at 11:56am

This week's article of the week is "Hillary Clinton Launches Girls Soccer Initiative" by Laura Gottesdiener that was published in the Huffington Post. The full article is available here. My favourite quote from the article comes from Hillary Clinton herse...more

Open Letter to Stanford Women’s Basketball Alums
by Mariah Burton Nelson: BEYOND WORKOUTS - Think of Yourself as an Athlete
posted June 6, 2011 at 11:43pm

The following article appeared in the Stanford Women’s Basketball Alumnae newsletter, May 2011. Today I gave a speech about nonprofit management. As soon as I finished, a man eagerly raised his hand. “Did you play for Tara?” he asked. This happens...more

What will cheerleading investigation in SC find?
by Title IX Blog
posted June 6, 2011 at 12:27pm

Parents filing Title IX complaints with the Office of Civil Rights might be the trend of the month.In South Carolina, parents of a cheerleader at Lugoff-Elgin High School started wondering where the money allotted for cheerleaders was going when they were...more

Title IX Turns 39
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted June 2, 2011 at 11:01am

Happy Annnnn-I-verse-ahhh-ree Tiii- tle Ni-iiine!President Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into law on June 23, 1972.Title IX states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from partici...more

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