In 1972, the United States Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendment Act. This act banned sexual discrimination in education programs which received federal funding. In the area of athletics, it required universities which received federal funding to provide equal athletic opportunities for men and women. Still after over thirty years, women in sports still seek equality by the same treatment or opportunities that are given to males. Even though in the past few years, women's sports have increased in popularity forming new leagues such as the WNBA, a professional women's football league, women's soccer, and more. Sports in general is a mere reflection of society. In sport, people with the money have the power and make all the decisions. This leads to hegemony, where the powerful remain in control. In today's society, female sports do not get the recognition that men's sports do in that they do not make the same amount of money, the same amount of respect, and the same amount of television coverage. Gender discrimination's root comes from the interest and desires of society. The people in control, the older white males are biased towards male sports because the action is much faster and much more intense. This meets the desires and wellbeing of society, thus they will attend the male sporting events, watch the events on television, and buy their apparel from stores, thus solidifying the discrimination of female sports in favor of male sporting events. Female athletes are frequently looked upon as not being as entertaining or lacking athleticism compared to male athletes. The media has had the largest influence in socializing what we think about men and women's sports. Many people who are gender discriminative believe women are inferior to men in that they cannot compete on the same level, either intensity, performance, or stamina wise. These are reasons why female s...