Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This comment examines various approaches to dealing with sexual discrimination in high school sports. The decisions reveal that equal protection under the law is violated if the classification between males and females in connection with team sports is based on stereotypic notions or assumptions. The author suggests that rules which automatically exclude all females from competing with the males for a place on a team violate equal protection and impair the important governmental objective of providing full and equal opportunity to educational programs and activities. Finally, this comment stresses that in order to provide meaningful athletic opportunities to young women, it is the duty of the state to ensure all athletes are allowed to succeed or to fail as one's abilities and fortunes may dictate.
First Page
575
Last Page
600
Publication Date
7-1-1998
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Tracy J.
(1998)
"Throwing Like a Girl: Constitutional Implications of Title IX Regarding Gender Discrimination in High School Athletic Programs,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 18:
Iss.
3, Article 8.
Suggested Citation
Tracy J. Johnson, Comment, Throwing Like a Girl: Constitutional Implications of Title IX Regarding Gender Discrimination in High School Athletic Programs, 18 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 575 (1998).
