Title IX: Crucial in the Fight for Women's Rights

Human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings. It is the government’s responsibility to protect these rights. The United Nations Human Rights Center helps regulate and provides information on human rights. However despite the UN’s effort somewhere there is a man or woman being denied of what should be their unquestionable rights. For many years certain rights did not exist in America for slightly under half of the American population. This group of people was made up of every woman living in the United States. In 1972 a law called Title IX was introduced and was crucial in the fight for woman’s rights. In the Universal Declaration of Human rights states in article two “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.” Equality between men and woman are People argue that title IX impacted Male sports negatively, however Title IX does not intend to hurt men and Title IX was revolutionary for gaining equality between women and men.

Title IX was passed by the U.S Congress on June 23, 1972, and was signed by President Richard M. Nixon on July 1st, 1972. The first person to introduce Title IX in Congress was its author, Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana. Bayh was working towards solving issues related to women's rights in order to build "a powe...

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...man were affected when the law passed. This sites purpose is to share personal stories about how title IX has effected many women for the better and the purpose stories are super interesting. The stories purpose is so that people can feel a personal connection and show how the law has worked. By sharing stories and personal experiences people can really attest to the fact that title IX is really actually an amazing law and has helped a lot in very many people in ways that aren’t always obvious. There is no factual information or dates. This is a drawback because it is an essay based on historical context.

"Title IX Legislative Chronology." Women's Sports Foundation. https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/sitecore/content/home/advocate/title-ix-and-issues/history-of-title-ix/history-of-title-ix.aspx (accessed April 25, 2014)

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/