Title 9 Anniversary - Only 40 years?

[Miss Scarlett]

There was an awesome Title IX documentary broadcast earlier today on ESPN2 called Sporting Chance...watch it if you are able...

It's hard to believe that Title IX was only 5 years old when i was in my college's athletic program...programs for women were limited...just basketball, tennis, softball, track & swimming...In my program (swimming) there was no difference in the quality of our equipment and that of the guys...

Where i really noticed the difference was in the PE Department...women were automatically issued these horrid PE uniforms made from that indestructible 70s heavy double knit polyester and consisted of knee lenglth shorts and a v-neck sleeveless top...ugly, hot & uncomfortable...ugh! Thanks to one of the ladies in my dorm i learned we could turn it in and ask for the same cotton shorts and t-shirt issued to the guys.

Does anyone remember the old girls basketball where until 1971 we played 6 to a side?

[dykeumentary]

Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

Does anyone remember the old girls basketball where until 1971 we played 6 to a side?

They played half-court 6-on-6 girls basketball in Iowa into the 1980s!

Hilarious to me when you consider that "conservative" forces expected women to safely survive pregnancy, labor and delivery every time she is made pregnant, and yet women were too frail to run the length of a basketball court!!