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I'm surprised that anyone could think that an all-girls team isn't a positive force in their community - an all-girls team, like any other FIRST team, provides students with hands-on experience, role models, development opportunities, and is generally inspirational. Each FIRST team that exists is something positive, period.

Also, while representation of, opportunities for, and treatment of women in the STEM fields has come a long way, there is a still a long way to go. Anything that promotes women's advancement in these fields and provides young women with positive role models is a good thing, in my opinion.

I'm not really seeing why this thread exists.