[joeweber]

The cartoon does hit upon the sentiment that has been driven into our society for years and will take years to change or reverse. It is not that a girl should or should not play with a doll or a boy should or should not play with a truck, it’s that a person should do what they enjoy doing with out pressure from society. The best way is to start now and do better now and in the future. We are aware of this in our meetings and make sure that boy’s do not push a girl off a project (trying to be in charge “let me show you how to do it”) or that a girl should not be quiet and let the boy do this. Our students learn from each other equally how to do things and if they forget than we have a demerit jar to remind them. It is easy to be sexist with out thinking and this can really hurt the team if it is allowed to continue, so you must be diligent and keep reminding all to be far to others on the team.