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Originally posted by batbotcrewfrosh
We were very disappointed to discover that on some teams, girls were given only the job of cheerleader, or publicist.
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The situation I see is not a matter of what girls are "given" but more of what girls are willing to do. On our team positions are earned based on individual initiative and reliability. We don't set "girl" jobs and "boy" jobs but instead allow whomever to sign up for the positions they are interested in. Each student is required to hold one robot related and one administrative type position.
Right now we have about 7 girls on a team of 45. The newer ones are largely there due to the efforts of our past female members. We simply don't attract lots of girls. Nor do we go out of our way to attract more or give special treatment to those that do join.
I've found that the ladies tend to sign up for more of the PR and administrative kinds of things. We have a bunch of our theatre students who essentially develop and run our Volcano Crew (cheer section). Its fun. It also has a lot of boys on it.
This season we have boy girl teams running the pit area. One girl who will be fabricating with the guys and a bunch of new ones that will be first year scouts.
So girls- don't settle for what the guys "let you have". If they get in your way, kick some 'bot and stand up for yourselves!!
WC
PS- sign up for Final Bin Bash 10/25 closes 10/12. Haven't seen those Midwest teams yet. Hmmmmmmm....