Scenes of Writing

Shane Brabant
Reading Response “Scenes of Writing”
English 100 Tu-Th 4:00-5:20
Anicca Cox
2-22-10

The “Title IX: Political Football” essay by Ruth Conniff, described the struggles and accomplishments women have had while attempting to become equally represented in sports in the USA sense the Title IX law was put into motion in 1972. Ruth delves deep into the controversies surrounding the issue of equality for men and women in the sports world. Male sports have always, and continue to have, more money for their liege than that of the women. Title IX is a law that makes it necessary for universities and high schools to attempt to equally represent both men and women. Sense the law has come about, the ration of women playing varsity level sports has jumped from 27 to 1, to almost 1 in 2. The argument for the removal of Title IX is made on the grounds that more money for women sports takes away money for male sports, which is true to some degree, and also now that men and women are almost equally represented in sports, there is no longer a need to put women into a special category or group. The law is still in action despite little Bush's attempt in 2002 to change it.

I am having a difficult time deciphering how to best describe what kind of genre the “Title IX: Political Football” essay would fit under using the “Scenes of Writing” guidelines. There is not a list of possible genre nor any indication about how to classify a piece of writing into a specific genre within the “Scenes of Writing” reading. I have read the entire “Scenes of Writing” reading and I am still confused as to how best to describe the genre of the “Title IX: Political Football” essay. I understand there are scenes, there are situations, but I do not understand how I am supposed to put this essay into a genre.

So, I will attempt to classify it with my own idea of what sort of genre it might fall under.

I would say that this essay would fall under the genre of informative, an informative essay. We are informed by Ruth on Title IX: how it effects women in sports, how it effects men in sports, controversy between male and female sport lieges. Ruth describes in detail the relationships between male and female sports teams and lieges. We learn about how the wrestlers feel they are being ripped-off because women are in a special interest group, we learned how football is where most of the money for sports goes. I would diffidently say that this essay falls under the genre of informative.