Reply #26: The left does not wish to repeal (reform) Title IX

[Senior citizen]

Many of us are old enough to remember when there was no such thing as a scholarship for female athletes, very few female sports, and almost no money for female equipment and facilities.

Females were not encouraged to train and compete. As this began to change, the backlash was very loud.

There is an anology used to advocate affirmative action that points out that if you have a race, but you let some people start the race before the others, when you finally do let the others start you cannot say you have an even playing field.

Title IX tries to compensate for a late start. You have no idea how startling it is to oldtimers like me to see female sports teams, females in the Olympics, and females narrowing the gap in many areas.

I still do not know of a single major university where the budget for female sports equals the budget for male sports, or where there are as many scholarships for female athletes as for male athletes.

I can understand why shrub would support your attitude on this, but just because he let you down on some other issue doesn't make him a Democratic or a leftist, and I doubt if he would appreciate that insinuation.