Women in Sports
encouraged to devote programs to women's athletics.
Support women sports reporters and media coverage of women's sports. Similarly, you can call the media to task when they do not cover women's sports or do not have female reporters.
STRATEGY 10:Consider Legal Alternatives
Sometimes, despite the best efforts to correct a problem, the only recourse is to take legal action. Thus far, legal action and the threat thereof have been largely responsible for advances toward ending discrimination against women and girls in sports.
If you have been a victim of sex discrimination in athletics, try to settle your grievances with the institution personally; if your attempt is not successful, immediately contact the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, and work through the regional office of the state in which the alleged discrimination occurred. Another option is to go to a private lawyer; either way, if Title IX violations are found and not remedied, the next step is to file suit.
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Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, Gender Stereotyping in Televised Sports: A Follow-up to the 1989 Study (July 1994), 2.
Lisa Rubarth, "Twenty Years After Title IX: Women in Sports Media," in Journal of Physical Education, Recre-ation, and Dance, March 1992, 53-54.