It’s finally here — 37 Words the book
Seven years ago I decided to write a book about something that inspires me, which became 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination. At the time, I wasn't sure how to do it, or even if…
Title IX to cover queer, transgender people
Revisions to Title IX's regulations that are expected to be proposed by the White House in April will affirm explicitly for the first time that Title IX's protections cover queer and transgender people. The regulations' prohibition of sex discrimination in…
Sending 37 Words to Congress
Readers are sending 37 Words to: U.S. Capitol dome (Wikimedia Commons) Congress -- House of Representatives: California: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jackie Speier District of Columbia: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton Minnesota: Rep. Ilhan Omar New York: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rhode…
Revisiting AIAW during March Madness
With the March Madness basketball tournaments in full swing, I can't resist revisiting a fine article in the Washington Post about the NCAA's dead sibling, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). This "Made by History" article is full…
Congress mandates surveys on sexual violence
Once again the federal Education Department is stepping in to do something that all colleges should have done but many haven't -- surveys about sexual violence on campus. Hooray for the feds. Under a provision tucked into a 3,000-page Congressional…
Burnout troubling Title IX coordinators
Regulations imposed by former President Donald Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos worsened an already high level of burnout among Title IX coordinators in schools, districts, and higher education. (By CIPHR Connect / Wikimedia Commons) One of the 2020…
Men get rehired, women get rejected
https://youtu.be/_Ivuyj4WyLE There's a double standard in college sports that treats coaches differently depending on whether they discriminated under Title IX or were the ones discriminated against -- men get rehired, and women get rejected for other top coaching jobs. But…
Castro crossed Fresno’s Title IX champion
Joseph I. Castro, 2013 (Wikimedia Commons) Years before California State Universities Chancellor Joseph I. Castro resigned following allegations of mishandling sexual misconduct complaints while president of Fresno State, there was another Title IX situation in which he seemingly chose to…
Title IX cases highlight institutional betrayal
Big names in academia gave shameful public lessons recently on what institutional betrayal looks like. At Harvard University, 38 faculty members signed an open letter challenging the university’s decision to bar anthropologist John Comaroff from teaching or taking on new…
Transgender athletes caught between inclusion and competition
Today's debates about transgender athletes competing in elite sports remind me of the early days of Title IX when feminists and everyone else in society were trying to figure out how to include women of any kind in school sports…