Title IX wasn't just a law that effected women in 1972, but a law that will continue to effect women for generations to come.
Title IX has made a great impact on women throughout the years. High school girls who are involved in sports are less likely to smoke, drink, do drugs, become pregnant, or drop out of school. These young women go on to succeed in college. 300,000 women play high school sports and more than 100,000 go on to participate in college sports. 63% of female high school graduates enroll in college. 43% of women had earned law degrees, and 38% of women have earned medical degrees.
Title IX has many advocates who relay the message of what Title IX is and the effect that it has made on women's rights and society in a whole. But Title IX still is fighting against a faction of people who believe that the legislation is no good and is only hurting men's sports. Many people feel that athletic budgets and scholarship funds should not be decreased for male sports to equal women's funds. Often times people say that women don't have the same drive as men do in certain areas so the men should be catered to.
Even though Title IX has made a great impact, there is still work to be done. Women are underestimated in male fields and have less power than their male coworkers. Women are discriminated against in the engineering and computer science fields. Women's sports teams are also becoming fewer and fewer, and their funding has decreased while men's sports funding has doubled. This law is great to celebrate and something to be proud of, but we cannot forget about the other opportunities which haven't been granted yet. We will win this fight for equality for all women.