It’s a new day
I’ve got a little extra spring in my step today. I’m sort of feeling like a kid again. After all that was when Title IX came into being. It gave girls and women the right to play any sport they wanted. They could no longer be told “no, only boys can play.” And think of how that has changed the world as I know it.
When I was little I never even thought of playing hockey, a sport I happen to love and probably would have been pretty good at. Why? Girls didn’t play hockey. I had never seen one, all the adults around me never encouraged or even suggested it. I simply didn’t know it was a possibility. Think of how that ruling has changed so many girls’ lives today…including many Olympic Champions.
I did become a runner, though and it floors me to this day that the first time women were allowed to compete in the Olympic Marathon was 1984. I was in 10th grade. Seems ridiculous, right? I agree.
Well now women are standing up for working for real wages and not “pin” money. And they are taking the case all the way to the Supreme court. Alright, it’s actually a hearing to see whether or not there can be a class action…but don’t take my thunder away!
Just this day, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules I believe will begin to change everything about the relationship women have with work. There will and already has been great discussion about how women used to work for “pin” money, flooring many of the younger generations. I don’t think the work world will ever be the same.
And while I’m sure this will have implications that are also negative for everyone at work, I’m not yet sure if the positives outweigh the negatives. Perhaps I’ll know better in 39 years.
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