{"content":[{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.042962,"width":0.008234999999999992,"height":0.016978}},{"text":"Kennedy’s anecdote asks us to reexamine assumptions about male-female","bbox":{"left":0.192157,"top":0.071924,"width":0.5803949999999999,"height":0.020211999999999994}},{"text":"differences that are based on past performance. Short-distance swimming and","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.10647,"width":0.6099180000000001,"height":0.020211999999999994}},{"text":"long-distance track records of men are better to date than those of women, but the rate","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.141621,"width":0.675206,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"of improvement for women is far better than the rate of improvement for men. What","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.176167,"width":0.667403,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"has changed is the opportunity for women to participate and train in these sports,","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.211318,"width":0.634464,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"because about ten years before Donald Kennedy spoke, Title IV, the federal","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.245864,"width":0.5937100000000001,"height":0.02021199999999998}},{"text":"legislation prohibiting sex discrimination in school programs, was passed. The lesson","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.281015,"width":0.671205,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"is that we must be careful about attributing differences in sports ability to sex","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.315561,"width":0.60684,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"differences: Opportunity produces far greater improvement in performance than","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.350712,"width":0.628823,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"anyone would have predicted.","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.385258,"width":0.23602000000000004,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Equal opportunity is an important value in our society. It is often invoked to","bbox":{"left":0.192157,"top":0.420409,"width":0.59647,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"support controversial positions because everyone agrees that it is good. But it is not","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.454955,"width":0.654722,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"always clear what or how much should be done to achieve this goal, or how to","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.490106,"width":0.6155780000000001,"height":0.020211999999999952}},{"text":"provide equal opportunity for people who are not equal at the start. In sports, there is","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.524652,"width":0.66502,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"a special problem: Sports are physical, and females and males are different","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.559803,"width":0.586639,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"physically. Some of the physical differences are the result of different experience.","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.594349,"width":0.64154,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Some differences in stamina, flexibility, or strength are assumed to be innate. But","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.6295,"width":0.6399610000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"how do we handle such differences if our goal is to provide equal opportunity in","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.664046,"width":0.6304850000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"sports?","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.699197,"width":0.056339,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Should equal resources be used for male and female football teams? Should males","bbox":{"left":0.192157,"top":0.733743,"width":0.645401,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"and females compete together or separately in particular sports?","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.768894,"width":0.5013240000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Are there some","bbox":{"left":0.67234,"top":0.768894,"width":0.11977899999999997,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"sports that females should not play?","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.80344,"width":0.28141800000000006,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Some that males should not play?","bbox":{"left":0.452372,"top":0.80344,"width":0.26511299999999993,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Should the","bbox":{"left":0.72687,"top":0.80344,"width":0.08486099999999996,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"rules of some sports be changed to promote equal opportunity? If so, why? And if","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.838591,"width":0.646278,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"not, why not?","bbox":{"left":0.161569,"top":0.873137,"width":0.108042,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}