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Originally Posted by Pauline Tasci
Honestly,
In a way this thread is backtracking on everything women have STEM have worked for.
We want to be recognized as just engineers.
Not these special creatures that need to be shown in a public eye.
Defining your leadership based on gender IS NOT moving the fight for equality forward
It makes the gap larger.
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THIS! It shouldn't matter if your leadership is male or female as long as they are the most qualified and best suited individuals to lead the team. As soon as you start pushing people into roles, especially if you try to push girls into technical/ leadership roles they are not going to self commit to, you are just hurting your team and making the gender equality gap larger. If you truly want to help women in STEM, don't give them special treatment or recognition just because they are females doing the same things males are doing.