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Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19
Team RUSH is a great advocate of women in engineering. Although there are some interested in business oriented skills, we have many females interested (and quite capable) of mechanical work.
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Good job! I'm certain that leads to a better team and better people in general. Women are just as capable, but usually not as loud about it as men.
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Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19
As of now, engineering is a man's world (not to be sexist), but I know FIRST has had an impact and definitely inspired many women to become engineers, I just hope that all teams can gain the interest by girls that Team RUSH has been able to generate.
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Well, then, let's make it an equal opportunity field and remove the glass ceiling! M. Krass said excellently in a post earlier this thread that as an unspoken rule, men are able to try and try again without ridicule, while women tend to be discouraged from trying again after failing. Let's all make sure that women have the same opportunities to try and try again, since no one likes being pushed down for not being perfect on the first attempt.
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