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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS
Man, that gender equality. What a bummer. I can't believe they actually want to support teams that encourage hands-on STEM exposure to females. It's not like research shows that its the most effective at getting girls into STEM. |
I don't think anyone is saying its wrong to work harder to reach girls considering I will work a little harder to make sure the girls in the group are getting engaged but that doesn't mean I'm going to give them a position they don't deserve because of their gender.
Yes, encourage and reward teams for getting females hands on in robotics in active, meaningful ways but don't do so in ways that eliminate those meaningful teams or celebrate bad actions. We should celebrate the teams who are actively working to create female leaders among their team regardless of their position on the team and overall team size.
I am also all for groups using their money as they wish but this was not done without some oversight/advice from FIRST. I'm a little disappointed with how this was implemented.