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Originally Posted by Phcullen
why is having an exclusive team seen as a positive thing?.
i do not include teams that are hosted by all girl groups like girl scout troops or all girl schools or what ever. but teams that actively only allow girls in there community to join.
i feel if you made a team exclusive to boys then not only would people think it was nothing special but would think it was wrong. where a team that only allows girls to join is seen a positive. doesn't this just say that being female is a handicap?
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There was an all girls team that regularly competes at BAE, and they had male mentors. That being said, being an all girls team actually gave them an interesting point of view. They were not just FIRST, but habitat for humanity too. They received chairmans because there was a human aspect to their team. Nerdy girls are typically more humanistic than nerdy guys.
I don't mean to be biased, but speaking as the older brother of 4 sisters, girls have a different way of looking at things. All girl teams increase the impact of this human influence, and allow the importance to be blatantly obvious to other teams. Girls have this impact on all teams, but where there's an all girls team the impact is much greater. Also the girl who spoke at BAE was awesome, and once again showing, nerdy girls are more human.
I don't think its counterproductive because of the influence all girls teams have on the teams around them.
I would rather be on an all girls team than an all guys team. Actually during my time at WPI, I worked mostly with girls. I honestly think girls are often much better and much less stubborn then men. Girls are also better at working together than guys. Our egos get in the way. It is no way a handicap.