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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

So, whether we want to admit it or not, FIRST is not always as open and welcoming to women as we would like. Comments and attitudes like this are one very good reason why women might hang back instead of taking charge.

Maybe treating us like we are special makes people devalue us even more, makes people believe we had a million opportunities in FIRST. Which we frankly do, as there are SO MANY programs targeted to get women into STEM.
When you treat someone as different people think of you differently. When you treat someone as superior for a different anatomy people stop looking at what you know and start looking at what gender you are.

This is one of the biggest issues with getting more women into STEM that people seem to miss a lot.
To truly have women be EQUAL to men in STEM fields in a percentage and in a respect sense, we need to teach them the same skills when they are younger. We need to show girls they can do anything.