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Originally Posted by Kathysmith
as a woman of FIRST, I would like to say that I have no desire for a more femine FIRST and find the whole idea that we, as equal competitors, are being represented by a cosmetics company a little insulting. I'm sure that they did not mean to imply that our worth as members of a team could be judged by our outward appearance, but that is how it feels when they choose cosmetic companies and models to represent us. I don't see why we need to be represented separately. I am a member of FIRST robotics, why can I not simply be represented by FIRST?
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You, FIRST or anyone is not defined by any one sponsor. I've seen efforts to boycott virtually every single founding sponsor of FIRST because each company violated someone's moral framework. If for instance, you go to Bing (because after all, Google is evil) and search "why should I boycott <sponsor>" I'm sure you'll get plenty of reasons why FIRST shouldn't have that company as a sponsor.
The perception that someone who wants to use cosmetics shouldn't be on a robotics team is as silly as saying someone who's on the volley ball team or hockey team or dances ballet cannot be on the robotics team because they couldn't be "geeky" enough.
Our love of science and technology is what brings us together. Let's just leave it at that an not start carving out exclusions.
Personally, I'm for more inclusion, let's ask the sugar beet farmers, the Emu ranchers, the P90X guys and the International Association of Hermits to sponsor FIRST as well.