University Accused of Sex Discrimination, Violating Title IX Over Tank Top Ban

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2015-07-18 22:04

Article here. Excerpt:

'About a month after the UCF Recreation and Wellness Center started enforcing a ban on shirts that don’t “fully cover the back, front and sides of the torso,” students say staff are now only enforcing it among men and not women.

“You guys have to understand this is sexism at its finest because you’re yelling at me and not saying anything to the girls,” said Austin Medlin, in a video he took during an argument he had with an RWC staff member about the policy.

Medlin has been banned from going to the UCF RWC as of Wednesday, after accusing the RWC staff of sexual discrimination. He also believes UCF is violating the federal Title IX law.

“I was on a bench they came up, Troy and another guy and told me to leave and my privileges have been restricted. Once I went upstairs they told me the same thing, and I have to take it up with student conduct and I can’t use the facilities anymore,” said Medlin.

Mo Barhamje, a former SGA Vice Presidential candidate, told KnightNews.com that he is planning on filing a Title IX complaint with UCF Title IX Coordinator Maria Beckman.

UCF’s policy on the Title IX states, “Prohibited conduct includes treating a member of one sex differently than the other, based on sex.” The entire document can be found here.

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I wonder if it has to do with tank tops on men being commonly referred to as "wifebeaters"

my statement is not meant to be an excuse, just observation. If the ban on tank-tops is not applied to everyone it is sexism.

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Submitted by Kris on Sun, 2015-07-19 17:39

It's prob. abt. sweat on exercise machines. Women typically wear supplemental undershirts along with their tank-tops to ensure their chests stay covered. That helps act as a sweat-catcher. Men don't typically where anything under their tank-tops so sweat more readily falls from their armpits and necks to the machines instead of getting soaked up by the design of a typical T-shirt.

To de-sexism-ify this policy, all they need do is categorically prohibit tank-tops or require that anyone with a tank-top also wear a supplemental shirt under it.

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2015-07-19 20:55