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Should Sports have Same (Different) Rules for Men and Women? (Complete essay).
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a body governing division 11 college athletics. Division 11 college athletics is a platform that enables more than 300 college students the ability to participate in athletics while pursuing their college or university studies. NCAA is the official body that is mandated with the conduct of the national championship festival that occurs for several days within the same site. Additionally, the NCAA has formulated rules that govern student-athlete behavior and treatment in collegiate athletics.
Title IX rules were formulated as a means of inclusivity among the varying student population. Amongst the key issues in NCAA is the focus on gender equality (NCAA, 2021). Thus NCAA strives to achieve gender equality through adherence to federal and state laws. NCAA endeavors to create an environment that is free from gender bias as it fosters the empowerment of women. The issue of gender equality in athletics emanates from the perception of a different gender that the activities of the different gender and programs are fair and equitable (NCAA, 2021). NCAA task force established in 1992, clearly stipulate that no individual should be discriminated against on the basis of gender at any sporting level.
Educational amendments of 1972 to the civil rights act of 1964 formed the basis of gender equality through the Title IX rules. The rule states that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance (NCAA, 2021). The institution of rules for men and women should be equal in accordance with the provisions of the Title IX rules.
In the ancient Olympic Games, women athletes were not allowed to participate in various games. However, over time, women’s inclusion in athletics came with the sex verification procedure. The main aim of the gender and sex testing was the elimination of all kinds of bias that could make the participants to be wrongly awarded in sporting activities meant for different gender. Sex verification was a means of eliminating gender fraud especially in the past athletes who had officially transitioned to a different gender. Olympic federation stopped the sex verification practice in 1992, but a window was given for an athlete’s activities to be stopped on the issue of gender suspicion. Currently, the Olympic federation gives a four-year period for a person to stick to their initial gender identity before changing it to a different gender………….
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