Research Paper“As a child, I loved athletics and physical activities. I was talented, but my talent was not appreciated or approved by most. I watched my brothers compete on school teams. It didn't matter that during neighborhood matches, I was selected before my brothers. Society dictated to me to watch and compete with them. So, at home in the backyard, I would catch while my brother worked on his curveball, pull flies while he developed his batting prowess, and, as I recall, frequently served as his pitching dummy. tackle. The brother I grabbed and fucked for, and served as a tackle dummy for, went to Georgetown University on a full athletic scholarship. He later became vice president of a major banking company. So even though I have ridden in the back seat on the bus of opportunity throughout my life, I want my daughter's daughter and her peers to be able to choose a seat based on their abilities and willingness to work. Don't deny them the things I dreamed of. »-- Excerpts from a letter sent to OCR in spring 1995 from Joan Martin, senior associate director of athletics, Monmouth University, New Jersey. In April 1993, the film The Sandlot premiered. The film took place in 1963 when a group of 12-year-old boys spent their summer playing baseball at the local sandlot. In one particular scene in the film, the boys got into a verbal argument with a team of 12-year-olds from privileged backgrounds. The argument was over who the most talented baseball players were. The camera moved from one child to another as they exchanged insults, and then one of the boys said the most obnoxious thing of all young men. can say to another: “You play ball like a girl!” » It was as if the other boy had just been hit by a bullet. All the other boys involved in the argument's eyes widened and their jaws dropped. All that was heard were gasps from the rest of the children in the 1963 film. That was how many people felt. The insult “You play ball like a girl” was one of the greatest insults a man could ever inflict on anyone. However, since 1972, the Title IX law has changed many people's opinions about women in sports. world.