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Re: What happened to the "Patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism in robotics." thread?
Team 2046 Bear Metal hosted an off-season event last year called "Girls Generation." It was basically a regional style event put on by the team that had a full game field and stands and played like a regional. The only difference was that teams could send only female members. The pit crew was all female, the drive team, scouting, everything. It was very successful. Maybe someone from Bear Metal can post on this tread regarding it.
Boys were allowed to come watch the event, but they had to keep their hands off everything team related. To gear up for the event, we put a lot of time into getting the girls ready for the competition. We taught them in the shop, and the all-girls drive team was on the practice field preparing. As a direct result, this year we had many more girls working in the shop and trying out for the drive team.
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