The Main Objections to Title IX of the Education Amendments

question 17

Multiple Choice

The main objections to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as applied to women's athletics are

• A) the problems in providing funding to women's programs while maintaining funding for men's programs.
• B) the discrimination that men now face in access to athletic facilities.
• C) the increases in women's sports participation have created sexual problems among female athletes.
• D) that overall funding had decreased dramatically.

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