“Even when you had two women, there was still a sense that they were exceptions to the rule,” said Marcia Greenberger, the co-president of the National Women’s Law Center.
Marcia Greenberger co-president, National Women's Law Center: Well, it's an interesting question. I think one thing that I agree with is that she listens to people, and she doesn't automatically jump in with her own opinion first. She's very comfortable about her own capacity, but she's also open to what other people have to say.
"I can't imagine a bigger message being sent to bigger employers and to employers overall," said Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center. "That [big companies] can be held accountable, the laws apply to them."
"Women have an enormous amount to gain from this bill," says Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center. Other provisions of the new law will help women who get their insurance through mid- and large-sized employers, she says.
Some of that objection came from the National Women's Law Center, which long characterized the model survey as a loophole through which schools could evade their obligations under Title IX, the law banning sex discrimination at schools receiving federal funds.
“The former policy was inherently flawed, and would, if followed, give schools a way to skirt the law,” Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center Marcia D. Greenberger said in a statement today.
Here to take us through what these changes are and what they mean is Marcia Greenberger. She's the founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center.
Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, said, "The U.S. Civil Rights Commission has issued a disappointing report rehashing the same old stereotypes that women are not as interested in playing sports as men."
