Ending Title IX tyranny

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'Free speech and academic freedom are endangered species on American college and university campuses. Speech codes, trigger warnings, the heckler’s veto and politically correct inquisitions have become the norm.

While there are many causes for this, the main culprit is Title IX, a federal statute enacted in 1972 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.

Title IX goes beyond merely prohibiting sex discrimination; it also requires that schools take proactive measures to eliminate any such discrimination.

Originally, the most visible effect of Title IX was a reduction in the number of scholarships given to participants in low-revenue men’s sports such as wrestling and baseball — or, in some cases, elimination of those sports altogether — and an increase in women’s athletic scholarships. The idea was to achieve parity, with the ratio of student-athletes in the school’s intercollegiate athletic programs mirroring the male-female ratio of the school’s undergraduate population as a whole.'