Title IX Survey

Title IX, Sports, and You

1. What demographic does Title IX affect?
        Race
        Gender
        Class
        All
        None

2. How has Title IX regarding gender equality in sports impacted your life personally?
        Title IX has opened doors of opportunity for me
        Title IX made my school cut back on funding for my sports team
        Title IX has not affected my life
        Other
        I am not involved in sports
        Do not know

3. If “Other” was your answer to the previous question, then please specify why you chose this answer.

4. If you suddenly were to have a sex change and you became part of the gender you are not currently, then what sport would you play?
        Baseball
        Basketball
        Cheerleading
        Dancing
        Track and Field
        Fencing
        Field Hockey
        Football
        Gymnastics
        Equestrian
        Lacrosse
        Soccer
        Swimming
        Tennis
        Softball
        Volleyball
        Other
        Do not know

5. Explain why you would play the sport that you selected in the previous question.
        Love the sport presently but I am not physically able to participate
        Want to try something new
        It is right for me to play since I will be of the gender society says can play
        Don't know
        I would not play sports

6. What reasons prevent you from presently playing the sports you selected in the previous questions?

7. Being a member of a certain gender, does it makes you feel as if you cannot participate in certain sports because they are masculine or feminine sports?
        Strongly agree
        Agree
        Somewhat agree
        Neutral
        Somewhat disagree
        Disagree
        Strongly disagree
        Do not know

8. What sports do you consider men's sports?
        Baseball
        Basketball
        Cheerleading
        Dancing
        Track and Field
        Fencing
        Field Hockey
        Football
        Gymnastics
        Equestrian
        Lacrosse
        Soccer
        Swimming
        Tennis
        Softball
        Volleyball
        Other
        Do not know

9. If your answer is "other" please specify what sport and why.

10. What sports do you consider women's sports?
        Baseball
        Basketball
        Cheerleading
        Dancing
        Track and Field
        Fencing
        Field Hockey
        Football
        Gymnastics
        Equestrian
        Lacrosse
        Soccer
        Swimming
        Tennis
        Softball
        Volleyball
        Other
        Do not know

11. If your response to question 10 is "other" please specify what sport you would participate in and why.

12. What are your reasons for being a spectator and/or fan of the sports that you would not, cannot, or do not play?
        I do not have the skills or training
        My health or age prevents me from playing the sports that I do not play
        I am not athletic for the sports that I do not play
        I am not athletic at all
        I just like watching the sports that I do not play
        Men's sports are more dramatic than women's sports
        Women's sports are more dramatic than men's sports
        Other
        I do not watch sports

13. Elaborate on your answer to question 12. Tell me briefly why to any of the answers.

14. Do you feel Title IX is helpful to one gender over the other?
Yes
No

15. If you answered question 14, what gender does Title IX help more?
men
women

16. In conjunction to your answer for questions 14 and 15, why or why not is Title IX helpful to one gender over another

17. Do you feel Title IX affected High School or Collegiate Sports?
Yes
No

18. How has Title IX affected High School and Collegiate Sports?
positively
negatively

19. Tell me in your own words what Title IX has done to High School and College Sports.

20. When I say the words Title IX, what does that mean to you? What does it make you think of?