Generally, boys play in larger groups and their games last longer than girls. Boys and girls play in age heterogeneous groups. Virtually from walking age, boys are encouraged to explore the environment and be active in physical activity, whereas girls are more restricted and protected from the environment. Parents provide sons with more opportunities to participate in sport activities than they provide daughters. Teachers rate boys higher in sport ability than girls, although they do not rate the genders differently for math and reading abilities.
Boys perceive a greater importance to their parents that they do well in sports than girls perceive.
Number of Summer Olympic Events Open to Women and Men Gender Inequity in Sport Historically , men's athletic programs have received substantially more money than women's programs. Title IX states that no programs in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program receiving federal assistance. Post Title IX Participation rates in women's athletics significantly increased in the first 10 years after the passage of Title IX, but there has been little change since. Boys still outnumber girls nearly 2 to 1 in interscholastic athletics.