Identitly, Culture, Society

Ones position in the world is vital to their outlook on the happenings of the world. One’s position can be a variety of different views on life, which are influenced by social status, wealth, situations, religions, morals, and many other factors. All of these different factors mold a person’s perception of the world and how they might see or understand identity, society, and culture.

                Somebody coming from a poverty stricken lower social class with little money and little possessions might view themselves as worthless because the majority of the public looks down on them. Their identity is entirely based on their social class. Their culture would be much different than that of a wealthier individual. For example, a wealthy individual might not eat at McDonalds because of the low quality of their food but, the poverty stricken individual would eat there simply because of the low prices.

Society would also be much different for a person in poverty because a person in poverty could not afford to live in a nice neighborhood, so instead they must live in a lower income neighborhood, where crime might be more of a threat. The poor individual would be exposed to that threat while a rich individual would not have to worry as much because he/she could afford to surround themselves with other well off people (Nice neighborhood) reducing the threat of theft or other crimes. 

                I focused most of this blog on the differences between rich and poor but, there are many other factors that mold one’s perception of the world. These factors (that I mentioned in the first paragraph) all persuade an individual outlook on life. Some of these factors make the individual place more value on a particular item while other make the individual take that item for granted.  Some images might strike one person as a window for help while others might see the image as a reminder of the pain that was felt in the past. One thing that is certain is that all positions affect our lives in some way or another and influences our thoughts and decisions.

Annotated Bibliography

Kyle, Nagel. "The Fall of College Wrestling.". 2001: 1. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.  

 <http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/title-ix-fall-college-wrestling.htm>.

The basic purpose for this article is to show example of a live testimony of some male figure whose career has been hurt or cut short by title IX. The article is written about a young wrestler named Matt Dernlan who had to cut his promising wrestling career short due to the necessities of title IX. The demotion of Matts team came without warning, giving him no time to go through the process of transferring to another wrestling program. Matt most likely had a professional wrestling career ahead of him given his most recent national ranking of fourth. This article accurately expresses the harmful after effects of Title IX and, at the same time, allows the reader to emotionally connect with Matt.

"Office for civil rights." Ed.gov. US department of education, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2011.

<http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100420.html>.

This article states the basic principle instated by Title IX when first created in the civil rights act. The article is very formally written and the speaker is in favor of Title IX. The article is used to formally show the advantages of implying and reinforcing the Title. Although the author does state that they are in a favor for the Title making their case somewhat bias. The reader can clearly understand the formal background of the Title while also seeing a personal opinion supporting the Title and whatever benefits the Title might create.

"A Policy Interpretation: Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics." Ed.gov. US department of education, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2011.

<http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100420.html>.

This article is very similar to the last article (http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100420.html), in that it is also very formal and straight forward. However this article shows no opinion for either argument. The article merely states what the law says and nothing further. The author also provides historical knowledge of the Title, including its original purpose, date it was created, and very specifically the section number of the controversial statement of the Title. Being not opinionated, the reader is able to view the facts as they were originally written, allowing the reader to make their own judgment of the morality of the Title.

Carpenter, Linda. Title IX. 1st ed. New York: Human Kinetica, 2004.

The book applies the title to a variety of different college sports including both varsity sports, junior varsity sports, and recreational sports. The book is written so that there are no immediate expressions of opinion simply the facts as they apply to many different outlooks.  The book also compares the punishments of not following through with the Law, along with the overlooked fact that the Title does not even have to be applied unless demanded. The reader is able to see how an obsolete law is affecting the 21 century and the present problems it causes, along with the possible future issues that the Title will most likely bring.

"Feds looking at Delaware athletics." Associated Press. 2011: n. page. Print.

<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6467093>.

This is a very small investigation of the elimination of the University of Delaware’s decision to cut the males cross country team. The article is openly published by ESPN, making it a very creditable piece of literature for this topic. The reader can understand the tensions that come as an effect of the title are important and affect the lives of, not only the players being cut, but also the federal law that must enforce/investigate this case.  The article also issues a statement made by the athletic director and school board saying that they mean to comply with the title on every term. Basically, stating that resisting the Title is pointless, and will be unproductive, for the victims. 

Silverglate, Harvey. "Yes Means Yes—Except on Campus ." Wall Street Journal. (2011): n. page. Print.

<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303678704576440014119968294.html>.

This piece of an article was published by the wall street journal. Its contents do not directly apply to Title IX, but instead apply to a particular instance of male discrimination on college campus. The article states that a male was accused of sexual assult when, full consult was given. Nevertheless he was still inspected and arrested. Months later the officer was accused of filing false police reports.  The main purpose of this article would allow the reader to see that discrimination can also be against males, as well as females. The article states a real life example of this discrimination.

"History of Title IX." http://www.titleix.info/Default.aspx. This site is operated by the MARGARET Fund of the National Women's Law Center, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2011.

<http://www.titleix.info/History/History-Overview.asp&xgt;.com>

This article emphasizes the aspects of the Title that are not directly related to sports. The article gives examples of ten other ways the title effects universities that are generally overlooked due to the Title’s association to sports. The article is promoting ‘the whole’ Title and not just the obvious application to college sports.  Many schools have not come into compliance with the law and the article is obviously pushing for this compliance from every college. The article also shows links to how the reader can see title IX applied in their local community/college. The article allows the reader to understand the obvious aspects of the article along with the ones that are overlooked.

Jamison, Joseph. "Title IX: How College Football is Killing Men's Non-Revenue Sports." www.memeticians.com. Moveable Type, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2011.

<http://www.memeticians.com/2008/05/title-ix-how-college-football.php>.

This is a very informative article telling the reader of the advantages of title IX , the disadvantages, and the products of each. It has real college account s of how complying with the title has helped improve statistics for women equality. It also shows that in some schools women’s sports have become more abundant than male sports making the title cause slight discrimination against men. The main point of the article was to show that the Title is taking away funding for smaller sports leaving them to either become self-funded or cut. The problem with being self-funded is that a large university’s wrestling team is usually funded 8 million dollars, a large gap for any team to attempt to pay the difference.

Walker, Rita. "What is Title IX? ." www2.ucsc.edu. Title IX officer, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2011.

<http://www2.ucsc.edu/title9-sh/titleix.htm>.

This article expresses the formal side of title nine along with many court cases addressing the title. Many individuals claiming the title has somehow been violated by an irregular number of male sports and athletes. The article also shows live examples of how the title can also affect smaller institutions such as high-schools and recreational programs. The article covers a variety of different cases involving various suspected violations of the title. The article seems to have no bias arguing neither for nor against the title, just live examples of how the violations of the title can lead to federal involvement.

Glazebrook, Rachel. "Tile IX complications." 10/17/2011. 17 Oct. 2011.

This interview is a living example of how the Title affects young and rising athletes, even girls. Rachel was very highly recruited in high school and had intentions of playing softball for Clemson University, until discovering that Clemson does not have a softball team. Rachel loved Clemson’s campus, student body, and location but, because of the lack of athletic scholarships she had to attend Georgia Tech.  The following year of her arrival at Georgia Tech the female softball team won the ACC championship. This interview shows the effects on a very talented female athlete, and also shows the effects of the title on up and rising classes interested in Clemson or other major universities. The major purpose of this interview would be to show how that even women run into complications with the Title that was created to help them.

Morrison, Karen. "What does Title IX mean to you?." www.ncaa.org. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2011. Web. 13 Oct 2011.

<http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/NCAA/About The NCAA/Diversity and Inclusion/Gender Equity and Title IX/NCAA Title IX Resource Center>.

This website shows videos of men and women who support the title along with men and women who enforce the title. It allows the reader to clearly see how the NCAA interprets the title. The website also describes some brief history of the title along with how it should be complied with today. It also comes with a power point called “teaching title IX” for individuals who would like to better understand the title. There are many video testimonies of both the title successes and its failures and many testimonies of how the title has directly made an impact on someone’s life.

Riley, Richard. "The Next 25 Years." www2.ed.gov. Title IX offices, 1997. Web. 13 Oct 2011.  

< http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/part6.html>.

This article predicts the future growth of Title IX. The article gives accounts of how women are being discriminated against in present time, not only on the athletic fields, but also in the classrooms. Even though women account for most degrees in college very small amounts of those degrees are in engineering, physical science, and biology which provide the basics of most high paying jobs today. The article links how discrimination towards women is a cause to these low numbers and how the government intends to use the title to level the percentage of degrees based on gender.  This article will be very helpful in predicting the future effects of the title as it continues to grow.

Thoughts about my research

The research topic I have chosen to do is on section 20 of the civil rights act of 1964, specifically Title IX. The Title basically states that no one should be segregated, based on their gender, in any activity that is federally funded. When applied to college sports the title began to cause a major issue because women were not being equally represented on the athletic terms. So to comply to the title schools had to begin cutting smaller sports in their athletic programs. I believe that the original intentions of this Law were morally correct but I believe that some universities have taken the law and manipulated the laws into discrimination to smaller less income sports.

The sources that I have been most useful to me at this moment are http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/title-ix-fall-college-wrestling.htm, http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100420.html, and http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9interp.html. The sources have given me many testimonies of how the Law has cut many promising young male careers short due to the execution of their particular sports program. I still think that I need some more articles on how title IX has helped women overcome discrimination or how it’s not helping women overcome it at all, hopefully that will be enough to cover all the view points and opinions I need to cover.

Some obstacles that I might encounter are opinions that I haven't already considered. The other major problems that I might encounter is biased research due to the fact that most sports articles are written by men and the Title negatively affects men, so most sports research articles will negatively portray the Law. To overcome these two problems I need to get a wider view point of the Law and how it affects women. I also need to see if the article has helped men in any way overcome any discrimination of any kind. Overall, the main problem that I need to focus on is my own personal views of the law. I need to  write the paper as unbias as possible so my personal thoughts do bot further contort the law.

5 Sources

http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/title-ix-fall-college-wrestling.htm

·       This article tells of the problems that Title IX has caused for rising promising athletes in sports that are no longer available. The Article shows insight of high school prospects as well as collegic stars whose careers were cut during their prime. This article also shows that by fighting for a sport the college can have some impact.

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100420.html

·         This article praises the accomplishments of Title IX. The accomplishments of making the world less segregated based on gender. The article talks about how enthusiastic the author is about the title and how the author plans on defending the Title in future arguments.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6467093

·         This is a small article but it shows some of the immediate effects of Title IX on major schools. This article specifically speaks of Delaware states men cross country team. The article shows the support that the school is giving the title and how the school backs its decision firmly.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303678704576440014119968294.html

·         This article, found in the wall street journal, is not about college athletics but instead on how a man was charged for sexual misconduct with a student. The student gave full consent but the university over looked that consent was given and expelled the man for 3 years. The article shows that the grown woman in this instance still has the convenience of being a minor. The article brings up question because gender inequality was used to benefit the female, however Title IX was overlooked because the situation benefited the female. 

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9interp.html

·         This article goes into further detail of the Title. Giving the reader a better understanding of the Title and its original objectives back in 1964. The website also tells about what part of the government backs the Title.

Research Paper

Title IX is a part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 originally intended to eliminate all discrimination based on one's sex. Title IX states that "No person in the united states shall, on the bases of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal assistance..."  - United States Code Section 20. However, when the title was applied to colleges and specifically their sports programs at many of the primarily male dominated sports were cut because there was not an equal number of primarily female dominated sports. Or in other words not the same amount of scholarships for males and females because there were more male dominated sports than female.
The Act caused schools such as Clemson to drop some of there athletic programs to equalize the amount of male scholarships and female scholarships. The incoming classes must be affected by this change, primarily those interested in playing sports that are no longer offered at the particular university. Some of the questions that come to mind when looking at this topic are; How does this change affect the incoming classes at major universities? Is the change really beneficial to women? How does this affect scholarships with major universities? I feel that this act in no major way helps the female gender become more equalized at major universities and is merely hurting athletic programs.