Court: Coach’s Name Calling Impugning Masculinity Does Not Qualify as Sexual Harassment Under Title IX

A federal judge from the Northern District of Ohio has dismissed the claim of a former high school football player, who alleged a school district was liable for sexual harassment in violation of Title IX, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681, et seq., because it did nothing to stop the head football coach from “calling him ‘pussy,’ ‘pretty boy,’ and other derogatory terms, (which) targeted his masculinity.” In so ruling, the court found that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that he was harassed be