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Unread 15-02-2005, 00:21
Amanda N. Amanda N. is offline
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Re: Why is it that not many girls are into robotics?

Well.. as several other people mentioned, it's mostly the stereotype issue. I think a lot of it has to do with how girls in our generation grew up. Just about all of my girl friends grew up as "girly-girls" playing with Barbies because that's what people expected them to play with. Meanwhile, most boys played with Legos and trucks. A majority of these girls stick with the girly stereotype; only with a lot of encouragement and a bit of instruction do they break out of that shell and get involved in something like robotics

I think the other reason for the small amount of female FIRSTers is that they usually feel overshadowed.. because we usually grow up as "girly-girl"s, most of us don't have much experience and don't have the confidence to step in and ask for help.. especially when one of our male classmates is standing there acting like they know everything and you're stupid for not knowing it.. (high school and jr. high guys act like they know wayyyy more than they do )


anywhooo.. I didn't really mean to make my post so long, I just got started and couldn't stop.. Hopefully more girls will discover the joys of robotics and learn to jump in and get involved!!
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