This is a very different time with a very different feeling. There is a tension between men and women in the workplace that has never existed before. There is, according to Susan Faludi in her book, a "backlash" against the invasion of women into the workplace and women who seek equal rights and privileges (Faludi, 1991). At the start of the 1980's, it was the first time white men became less than 50% of the workforce. It was the first time that no new manufacturing jobs were created. It was the first time that more women than men enrolled in college.
by Donna Lopiano, Ph.D.
Women's Sports Foundation

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The Women's Sports Foundation Position

It is often heard from male and female athletes that he or she prefers a male coach. Eighty percent of all coaches at the high school and college level are male. Only two percent of the coaches of men's teams and less than half of the coaches of women's teams are female. Click here to understand some of the myths surrounding this issue.

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Today, girls make up about 37 percent of all high school athletes, and one girl in three participates in sports. Despite these gains, girls' sports programs still receive a disproportionally smaller share of resources than boys'.

Click here to see how particular universities stack up in their gender equity in sports programs.