Gender Discrimination In The United States

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Other people around the country or world should care about gender discrimination not only in sports but in any other way, shape or form. This topic has come up plenty of times in court and there have been so many cases that have been settled but not finished because people care more about other topics that are not as bad or maybe just as bad as this. All these cases should be finished with a final decision and not just settled. This topic should not even be a problem here in the United States, we should live up to our high standards we set as a nation. Yes I know this topic might be a little in the past with all the new topics like: Gay Marriage, Abortion, Animal Rights, Death Penalty and Censorship, and that is only a few to mention. I still …show more content…

Tennessee court case (paragraphs 5-8), Title IX was not intended be mostly for the sports side of things but ever since it became a law, it has been used more towards the sports side than any other types of cases because Title IX states that ¨No person in the United States shall, on the basis 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 financial assistance.¨ The whole reason why the Moshak v. University of Tennessee case started was because three former University of Tennessee employee´s of the athletic department were arguing that there was an unequal pay between men and women employee´s in the athletic department. On January 7, 2016; The plaintiffs successfully settled their case, the university will have to pay more the $1 million as part of the settlement agreement. AAUW is thrilled for the plaintiffs and proud to have supported their case. I feel no matter what gender you are, you should not be discriminated and you definitely should not be paid less because of your gender. There should be no difference in pay or anything else along those lines that should be determined by your …show more content…

Thus, although we understand the district court´s reasons for substituting its own specific relief under the circumstances at the time, and although the district court's remedy is within the statutory margins and constitutional, we think that the district court was wrong to reject out-of-hand Brown's alternative plan to reduce the number of men´s varsity teams. After all, the district court itself stated that one of the compliance options available to Brown under Title IX is to ¨demote or eliminate the requisite number of men´s positions….Our respect for academic freedom and reluctance to interject ourselves into the conduct of university affairs counsels that we give universities as much freedom as possible to conduct their operations consonant with constitutional and statutory

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