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Originally Posted by smurfgirl
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Of course, there are plenty of great people out there in the world too, but you can see how the frequent negative messaging can start to add up and push women out of STEM.
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This is a big part of it, sadly. "Nerd" culture can be as elitist as anything else.
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Originally Posted by planetbrilliant
might not be purposeful on behalf of the manufacturing team, but intentional or not it is a problem. All four of the girls are interested in working on the robot, but instead they are pushed toward scouting, attendance, design, chairman's etc.
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This ties into this I promise. Microagressions-little statements/actions that are common in speech/life and "accidentally" hurtful-are common in normal life, and there is no difference for people in FRC. (an example is assuming female-presenting members aren't on build, hardy har har.) Just being aware of microagressions can change a lot on a team's culture. Communication is also really important when confronting stuff like that.
Passion is also instrumental. If a person on the team is passionate about something they are not typically expected to be passionate of, so be it. FIRST is about reaching out even if you don't fit a STEM archetype and learning not just about engineering, but other things one may be interested in. I'm not saying it's bad to push students if they have potential, but on the other side, don't try and discourage a student from their passion because they might be stereotypically better at something else (does that make sense).
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