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Title IX: Reverse Discrimination Beginning some time shortly after

the end of World War II, there has been tremendous growth in

women's athletics. For decades female athletes have been striving

to become as equally respected as their male counterparts. After

years of reaching for their goals, female athletes finally realized their

dreams in the form of Title IX. As stated by Jim Minter, former editor

of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Title IX is the federal

government telling colleges and universities that if X number of

athletic scholarships are given to males, then an equal number must

be awarded to female students…"(AJC A14). Title IX, a United

States federal law passed in 1972, was a milestone in the history of

the women's rights movement. Female athletes could at last have

the same opportunities that male athletes had always had. But this

is not the end of the story, nor......

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