Replying to Women/Girls and Sports

I was just reading up on the little thing called Title IX and it made me start to think about progression of women and sports and how men percieve them. I was thinking about this mostly from a skiers perspective like with how Sarah burke and Kristi Leskinsen(SP) throw it down so well and are doing sport. I also saw the Progression ski camps thing and women and girls deffinetly have more oppurtunities now adaways then way back when. Ya, women/girls in sports. I hope it keeps progressing.
I go to the US on a ski trip and meet this american girl. She asks, 'where are you from?'. I answer, 'Ottawa, Canada'. 'Where's Ottawa', she replies. Oh man ...americans...