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Originally Posted by Pat Chen
Again...yes it is our culture....as educated adults...do we have to permeate this? It is up to us to change things.
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I completely agree with this. Because society tends to impede girls' ability to gain appreciation for fields/realms,that are otherwise considered "just for guys" (e.g. Tiffany's example that girls are introduced to gender-stereotyping at a young age, with their playthings), the only way to reverse this is to disprove these misconceptions and encourage and empower girls. What better place to do so than in FIRST?
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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
When we recruits kids one requirement to being an X-Cat is you have to do one year working on the robot. Boy or girl. NO EXCEPTIONS.
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I think such a policy is very helpful in preventing members from dismissing a certain aspect of the team based on their own generalizations. I know from personal experience and from recruiting in my school, that a little support and a push in that direction goes a long way.
Though I can't share an opinion about being undermined by a fellow member of the team, I can my experience as a member on an all girls team: If we did not provide an effort to encourage all members when it comes to working on the robot, we might not have many girls that are currently on the team (myself included); paired with the fact that they're are no boys on our team anyway, our teams existence would be questionable
