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		<title>Rally for Girl&#8217;s Sports</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/12/rally-for-girls-sports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, our town was considering changing from one high school athletic league to another. I didn’t play any sports in high school and don&#8217;t follow any teams (outside of baseball, of course). But when I heard that the league change might cause up to three of the girl&#8217;s high school teams to consolidate seasons, dissolve, or  play in less formal and competitive leagues, I got involved. I attended a meeting to discuss the proposed change and I asked the town officials how the move would impact Title IX, which caused several people in town to assume I was a lawyer. But I wasn&#8217;t watching out for a potential costly lawsuit. I was watching out for gender parity. Research has shown that girls benefit from playing sports. According to the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), &#8220;Female athletes have higher levels of self-esteem, a lower incidence of depression and a more positive body image than non-athletes. Female athletes are also more likely to participate in traditionally male-dominated occupations, which are typically higher paying. In addition, more than four out of five executive businesswomen played sports growing up, and the vast majority reported that the lessons they learned on the playing field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheerleading Not a Sport</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has determined competitive cheerleading is not a federal sport. The ruling stems from a lawsuit originally filed by Quinnipiac College volleyball players after the school cancelled their sport and added competitive cheerleading. The judge expanded the case as a class action for all female athletes and ruled the college violated Title IX by failing to offer equal opportunity for men and women in its athletic programs. In his ruling, which is available in its entirety at the Quinnipiac Chronicle website, U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill clarified he was not ruling on the athleticism or merit of cheerleading, but rather on if competitive cheering was &#8220;a sport that offers genuine athletic participation for women under Title IX.&#8221; Several factors, including the fact the NCAA does not recognize competitive cheering as a sport as well as the squad&#8217;s recruiting practices and competitive schedule, led to his decision that cheering did not provide female athletes with opportunities equal to what male athletes received.  In fact, he stated the cheering team had been forced to face a &#8220;motley assortment of competitors&#8221; during the season. Despite the fact the ruling is a blow to those who would like to see competitive cheerleading categorized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play Ball</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/03/play-ball/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend recently pointed out to me that our weekly hometown paper disproportionately covers boy&#8217;s sports over girl&#8217;s sports. I never noticed because the only sport I follow is professional baseball. (Go Sox!) How sad given the fact our high school girl&#8217;s teams have had some incredible championship years. The boy&#8217;s teams haven&#8217;t fared as well. Still it shouldn&#8217;t surprise me. Last year I questioned a local blogger on a statement he made that &#8220;people prefer men&#8217;s sports to women&#8217;s.&#8221; I asked, do we really &#8220;know&#8221; that or do we know that historically men&#8217;s sports have dominated the media? Another commenter on the blog cited advertising dollars and paying audiences as proof &#8220;that men&#8217;s sports are preferred by more people.&#8221; And further proof? He watches men&#8217;s sports almost exclusively. I bet during the recent Olympics he watched men&#8217;s ski jumping and not women&#8217;s. Oh right, the women weren&#8217;t allowed to compete. Anyway, enough complaining. Time to back our words with action. If you understand the benefits of girls participating in team sports, if you believe women deserve equality, if you are tired of the mainstream media serving up male athletes and ignoring the women, join this group on Facebook, &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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