another way in which gender ideology destroys women s and girls by dissolving legal protections for women in athletics. until recently, female student athletes might have felt they were protected by title ix. it s simple. prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in programs run by schools that accept federal money and that s basically all of them. those programs include sports. title ix recognizes that providing equal opportunity for the sexes can mean recognizing inherent differences between the sexes. that s why the title ix statute explicitly allows schools to provide different living arrangements for the sexes. so too in sports. in introducing title ix senator bye explained it would not require sticking women on men s football teams and why congress explicitly asked that the