Women are protected under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which prohibits any school that receives federal financial assistance to discriminate based on sex. Title IX is implemented by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil rights. They are responsible for investigating and resolving complaints filed by individuals attesting to sex discrimination. Some of those complaints include the lack of funds for the athletic scholarships to females; unequal pay for female teachers with the same positions as their male co-workers, and discrimination against females who become pregnant (“Sex Discrimination in Education,” n.d., para.
Women are protected under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which prohibits any school that receives federal financial assistance to discriminate based on sex. Title IX is implemented by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil rights. They are responsible for investigating and resolving complaints filed by individuals attesting to sex discrimination. Some of those complaints include the lack of funds for the athletic scholarships to females; unequal pay for female teachers with the same positions as their male co-workers, and discrimination against females who become pregnant (“Sex Discrimination in Education,” n.d., para.