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Originally Posted by MasterChief 573
I'm sorry if I seem a little harsh but this all seems a little off to me. If these guys are ok with missing a regional (which I can honestly say none our guys would be if they wanted to attend) then why don't they just encourage and motivate these girls to be in key positions on the team instead of "being in competition for them" as you put it. It just doesn't add up to me. I personally am against the idea of any team member being excluded from a competition they would want to attend no matter what the circumstance. If these guys are willing to compromise in that way, I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to compromise in a way that makes both guys and girls equals throughout the season and gives them the roles they want.
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Every team can do what they think is right and fair. Our guys think going to two regionals and Nationals is great and they think it is a great opportunity to let the girls do all the roles on the team to get the full effect. We see it as FIRST describes, change the culture. We are changing the culture of our team by understanding that we need to run our team like this, giving the girls, that the guys even subconsciously, don't give because of the nature of the differences of our genders and gender roles. We truly believe that we are not missing out on anything. In fact its just the opposite. It is not about the robot nor the competition. It is about the interactions and the life changing experiences. By giving the girls a chance to play all these roles, we are including our girls in the experiences that most teams never do. We are a better team for it, and we are creating more life changing experiences as well. Doing the scrapbook or scouting to me anyway seems to fall a little short of a life changing experience. They need the stress and competition as you can only get in a FIRST type of event with all the time lines and the seemingly impossible tasks to be experienced first hand by as many of the team members as possible and we are doing that. How many guys do the pr and scrapbook or do scouting on other teams, I know there are some. Compare it to the number of girls.
As we mentioned earlier in this post, we will present a report later in the season
Isn't it interesting that our guys don't have a problem with this?