It's Time to Get Serious About Saving Girls' and Women's Sports | Opinion
Polling consistently shows that most Americans, across the political spectrum, oppose the inclusion of biological men in women's spaces and sports.
And Thomas' dominance in the pool has sparked renewed calls for protecting girls' and women's sports.Many of us thought this fight was in the rearview mirror.
For the last half a century, girls and women have benefitted from the Title IX guarantee of equal opportunity in educational institutions that receive federal funds, from elementary schools to universities.Nowhere has this success been more visible than women's sports.
Generations of women across the political spectrum have benefited from Title IX protections as female athletes made it onto sports fields, courts, tracks and pools at institutions that offered expanded women's sports programs in order to comply with the legislation.But the impact has not just been in sports; studies have shown again and again that when women compete athletically, they show improved performance in academics and employment as well.
