Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

maleficent · 10-08-2004, 04:53 PM

It's a great topic KinkyKiwi - -I was on a plane....

I was in high school and colllege in the years after Title IX passed - rather than retype it all, or listen to me pontificate about it - here's a link from the Department of Labor site http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm

Basic gist of it -- No more discrimination in education. I graduated from high school in 82 - just 10 years after Title IX passed, and it was still unheard of for a girl to take auto shop, we got to take Home Ec, because that was important for us to know how to bake cookies (but changing the oil or a tire? No - -not important)

It also extended into sports, or was supposed to. I grew up with a working mom, my siblings and I were latch key kids from the time my brother was in first grade, and my mother (as much as we don't get along) always insisted that my sister and I could do whatever and be whatever I wanted.

She and my dad marched into school one day, after I got the results of my SATs and basically ripped my guidence counselor a new asshole for reccommending a major of English Lit to me -- because that's what girls majored in. They backed me when I and another girl (it helped having dad be a lawyer) took in the board of education for equal time for girls sports (there was no girls swim team, so title IX said we could play with the boys -- we won)

Being a feminist is not men hating, being a bitch at all costs type of person, it's a woman (and am man) who is not afraid to stand up for themselves, and for those who won't are too afraid, and not accepting anything less than what they deserve.

My generation had it a lot easier than my mothers generation, if I was in my mom's time, I would have been told to sit down and shut up like a good girl, instead, I was listened to, for the most part, and in most cases, I didn't take no for an answer because I knew the law was on my side. This generation of young women has it a lot easier than generations past, but, like the old Virginia Slims ad used to say, We've come a long way, baby.... But we've still got a ways to go.

10-08-2004, 04:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	It's a great topic KinkyKiwi - -I was on a plane.... I was in high school and colllege in the years after Title IX passed - rather than retype it all, or listen to me pontificate about it - here's a link from the Department of Labor site http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm Basic gist of it -- No more discrimination in education. I graduated from high school in 82 - just 10 years after Title IX passed, and it was still unheard of for a girl to take auto shop, we got to take Home Ec, because that was important for us to know how to bake cookies (but changing the oil or a tire? No - -not important) It also extended into sports, or was supposed to. I grew up with a working mom, my siblings and I were latch key kids from the time my brother was in first grade, and my mother (as much as we don't get along) always insisted that my sister and I could do whatever and be whatever I wanted. She and my dad marched into school one day, after I got the results of my SATs and basically ripped my guidence counselor a new asshole for reccommending a major of English Lit to me -- because that's what girls majored in. They backed me when I and another girl (it helped having dad be a lawyer) took in the board of education for equal time for girls sports (there was no girls swim team, so title IX said we could play with the boys -- we won) Being a feminist is not men hating, being a bitch at all costs type of person, it's a woman (and am man) who is not afraid to stand up for themselves, and for those who won't are too afraid, and not accepting anything less than what they deserve. My generation had it a lot easier than my mothers generation, if I was in my mom's time, I would have been told to sit down and shut up like a good girl, instead, I was listened to, for the most part, and in most cases, I didn't take no for an answer because I knew the law was on my side. This generation of young women has it a lot easier than generations past, but, like the old Virginia Slims ad used to say, We've come a long way, baby.... But we've still got a ways to go. __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.