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26 Sports Law. J. 25 (2019)
We Need Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls: How the Absence of Cheerleaders at Women's Sporting Events Is a Violation of Title IX

handle is hein.journals/sportlj26 and id is 35 raw text is: We Need Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls: How the Absence of Cheerleaders at Women's Sporting Events Is a Violation of Title IX Andrea Beckford* I. INTRODUCTION ...............................................26 II. THE HISTORY AND APPLICATION OF TITLE IX: ....... .........27 A. What Is Title IX?........................27 B. How Is Title IX Compliance Enforced?... ................ 28 C. How Has Title IX Impacted Men's Sports? . ........... 29 D. Does Title IX Mandate Equal Funding for Men's and Women's Sports? ............................29 E. How Has Title IX Impacted Women's Sports? .... ..... 31 Ill. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRESSION OF CHEERLEADING ..................32 A. The History of Cheerleading ................ .....32 B. Sideline Cheerleading vs. Competitive Cheerleading........33 C. Cheerleading as a Feminized Activity . .............35 D. Sideline Cheerleading Has High Rates of Enrollment and Is an Enriching Activity for Its Participants ............................ ..... 37 E. Be a Cheerleader and Become a Leader ... .............39 IV. FEMINIST LEGAL THEORIES ............................... ......40 A. Equal Treatment Theory........................40 1. Formal Equality Theory ................ ......40 2. Separate-but-Equal Teams ....................40 3. Non-Sex-Based Classifications .................41 B. Substantive Equality Theory.......................42 C. Dominance Theory/Non-Subordination Theory ............. 43 1. False Consciousness & Consciousness-Raising ......44 2. Separate-but-Subordinate Teams. ................44 D. Differences Theory/Cultural Feminism ... ..............45 E. Postmodernism Feminism .......................46 * C 2019 Andrea Beckford. J.D. candidate 2019, Rutgers Law School-Newark; B.A. Le Moyne College, 2016. I am so grateful for the endless support of my loved ones during the production of this Article. Thank you to Professor Camille Andrews for your wisdom, expertise, and supervision, and Tulane's Sports Lawyers Journal for providing thorough editing and allowing me the opportunity to publish this Article. 25