[Liz Smith]

Well on our team some of the girls felt that since traditionally women haven't been in thought of as leaders in the science and technology fields, we weren't given the same background of knowledge as a lot of the guys were. We weren't around our dad's or uncle's machine shops, for example, like a dad might take their son to. That's just something that girls don't usually do. So coming in freshmen year or whenever a lot of the girls weren't on the same level of knowledge as the guys. I can't really speak for the guys on our team, but some of the females felt that partly because of that, and because of the girls being thought of as incompetent the girls were not taught a lot of the skills learned throughout and before the build season.
Not to make our team sound like were not inclusive, though some of the girls felt left out, we do have a strong group of female members, especially this year where we are working hard to make sure we're teaching all freshman and new members skills and encouraging girls to join and become essential team members. I'm a female and I am a co-captain this year, just to give an example of how we do have strong female leaders. There is though that barrier of girls not always being taught the fields that are traditionally though of as male.