Brown University settles Title IX lawsuit with female student athletes

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2021-01-16 02:05

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'Brown University and a group of female student-athletes settled a Title IX lawsuit that followed Brown’s elimination of multiple female sports teams.

As Campus Reform previously reported in June, Brown announced its decision to eliminate five men’s and six women’s varsity sports teams in light of financial pitfalls induced by COVID-19. Among other programs, the university demoted the women’s fencing, skiing, squash, and equestrian teams to club status.
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The agreement stated that “if Brown restores to varsity status a men’s team that had been slated to transition from varsity to club status… then the total number of women’s teams restored to varsity status must be at least two greater than the number of men’s teams restored.”

U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell concluded in December that the settlement was “fair, adequate and reasonable.”'

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"then the total number of women’s teams restored to varsity status must be at least two greater than the number of men’s teams restored"

I love how absolutely no justification is given for this. I guess women don't need any reason. The world just falls all over itself to pander to them. Logically, the only instance in which such a settlement would be fair would be if three quarters of the student population were female.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sun, 2021-01-17 22:58