Co-ed Participation - Issues Related to Girls and Boys Competing With and Against Each Other in Sports and Physical Activity Settings: The Foundation Position
Athletic opportunities for girls and women are protected by an array of civil rights laws that apply broadly, including schools, parks and recreation departments and the United States Olympic Committee. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,1 the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution,2 state and local Equal Rights Amendments,3 the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act4 and state and local public accommodations laws5 are all designed to prevent and remedy sex discrimination. These laws apply in various ways to a wide range of programs, such as physical education, intramural, club or other co-curricular school physical ...
Issues Related to Girls and Boys Competing With and Against Each Other in Sports and Physical Activity Settings: A Women’s Sports Foundation Position
Learn what the Women's Sports Foundation has to say about this controversial issue.
Coaches and Administrators Refuse to Allow Male Athletes to Compete Against Females
The Advocacy Department is currently working on several cases involving situations where coaches and administrators have refused to allow their male athletes to compete against females. One situation involves middle school wrestling. While the league is coed, several schools in the league refuse to allow their boys to compete against the female wrestlers. A Superintendent of one of the schools said the school “does not want to put our young men in a situation where they would be inappropriately touching a young lady.” A father of one of the daughters discriminated against has filed a lawsuit and a complaint with ...