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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS
What would teams prefer be the criteria for this award?
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I personally think the requirements for a female driver and 50/50 ratio be dropped. Requiring a driver/member of the drive team be female promotes teams give a female this position because of their gender which does the exact opposite of what the award promotes and eliminates females who are leaders on their team in areas of the robot or team management. Another problem I have is the need for
"at least 50% of their teams members are female" as it starts pushing for teams to be female dominant or to just recruit a ton of females to get their numbers up. It also eliminates most teams who have females who work extremely hard in all areas of the team just because the guys still out number the girls. Its a little sad that a team with 3 girls and 3 guys are eligible in comparison to a team with 40 girls and 50 guys. It also bothers me that there are teams that tout their large ratio of females to males but go for quantity not quality.
The way gender equality gets pushed confuses me so much. All students are to be given an equal chance regardless of their race or gender.