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Re:Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping i... by alexanderstears on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:20AM (#15362896)
>I'm confused, I wasn't making any case for that. I'm not sure where we got to Federal funding tied to specific program attributes.

Federal funding coerces schools into offering women's sports programs.

> I wouldn't be comfortable attributing it to genetic variance of physical capability without a bit more info.

Why do we have to attribute the difference to genetics or physical capability to make sports programs accessible? What about mental capability? Mentally impaired, physically okay individuals compete in the special Olympics. Why not create a class for people who are using performance enhancement drugs?

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Re:Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping i... by dragonwriter on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:27AM (#15362928)
> Federal funding coerces schools into offering women's sports programs.

No, leaving aside whether funding they aren't forced to take can coerce anything, it mandates equal sports programs. They don't have to offer women's sports programs, if they don't offer men's sports programs.

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