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No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX
At the time, Bayh was working on numerous constitutional issues related to women's rights, including the Equal Rights Amendment, to build "a powerful constitutional base from which to move forward in abolishing discriminatory differential treatment based on sex."[5] As they were having some difficulty getting the ERA out of committee, the Higher Education Act of 1965 was on the floor for reauthorization, and on February 28, 1972, Senator Bayh introduced the ERA's equal education provision as an amendment.[6]
In his remarks on the Senate floor, Bayh said, "We are all familiar with the stereotype of women as pretty things who go to college to find a husband, go on to graduate school because they want a more interesting husband, and finally marry, have children, and never work again. The desire of many schools not to waste a 'man's place' on a woman stems from such stereotyped notions. But the facts absolutely contradict these myths about the 'weaker sex' and it is time to change our operating assumptions."[7]"While the impact of this amendment would be far-reaching," Bayh concluded, "it is not a panacea. It is, however, an important first step in the effort to provide for the women of America something that is rightfully theirsan equal chance to attend the schools of their choice, to develop the skills they want, and to apply those skills with the knowledge that they will have a fair chance to secure the jobs of their choice with equal pay for equal work."[8]
It was Liberal politicians like Senator Bayh who made this happen, and the outstanding performance of American women in these Olympics are testament to Liberals being right and fighting for progress.
Edit to add: Sen. Bayh was a fantastic senator, but he had lousy sperm.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)HELLO!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)of amazing in this Olympics. I am very proud of them.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)In many ways, a liberal by today's standards.
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)That's how far right we've moved.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)with the intensity of ten thousand white-hot suns. Say what you will about him, his principles were entirely secular. Meaning that ultimately he could be reasoned with.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)justabob
(3,069 posts)They were talking about it a few days ago on air, but that stat may have changed since then.
Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)justabob
(3,069 posts)A quick scan through the Yahoo medal info gave me 25 gold out of the 41 total for women's events. I may have miscounted, but good enough for the purposes here. Go ladies go!
I hope after the push this year for more women being included in the Olympics, we'll see more changes and chances for women all around.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)Come on guys - you need to do better.
justabob
(3,069 posts)I missed a couple. It's nice to see the women winning more and in a lot of varied sports too.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)and in general more awesome