Title IX: Equality in Athletics and...Computer Science?

I am a firm believer that women can do anything they want.  I am also a firm believer that the government creates more problems than it solves, as Title IX demonstrates. This well-known law seeks to eliminate discrimination on the basis of sex in athletics and academics.  While this is a noble goal, in practice, the theory doesn’t hold water. Already there have been athletics cases where men wish to participate in an activity but cannot because doing so would mean more money spent on men’s athletics than women’s.  Think of the infamous Cal Berkley men’s gymnastics debacle, when the year after the team won a national title, the program had to be cut to make the school Title IX compliant. In academics, I believe government should wait to act until there is more evidence that the lower enrollment rates for women is a problem that can be fixed by government. Otherwise, problems similar to the athletics biases might arise in academics.  Lower enrollment rates for women in technical programs might be caused by something completely natural like a lack of interest, and government intervention could mean pushing people into a major or career that they don’t like.