Such beliefs were around when my mother was born. Only after years of oppression, protests, physical abuse and jail time did women win the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. But them times, they ain't a changin'. Many people don't understand that Title IX is not really about athletics, but about equality in overall education programs. But for some reason, equality is okay in the classroom but not on the ball field.
Some folks are up in arms because of men's sports program cuts at Nebraska and Kansas universities.
A generation ago only 1 in 27 young women participated in sports. In 1972, around 300,000 girls participated in high school sports nationwide, and college participation hovered around the 25,000 mark. Today, one in two young women participates in sports. There are well over two million girls in high school sports, and over 100,000 at the intercollegiate level. Before passage of Title IX, women received but two percent of total athletic budgets.