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Re: Girls in Engineering- Comic that explains it all

We can try to suppress comments like the high-maintenance one, or we can rob them of any power by embracing them, and by balancing them with a few reasons why men and chains are similar.

I, for one, prefer educating the stereotype sources by converting the stereotypes into badges of honor, instead of by castigating those who express them.

The next time a female FIRST participant is told that women are high-maintenance, I suggest that she agree, and then fulfill the stereotype by telling whoever uttered the comment to quickly fetch the tools that she needs to complete whatever useful job she is working on.

Blake
PS: Of course if the world were a black and white place, multi-dimensional conversations like this one would collapse into right and wrong and be pretty easily concluded. However, it ain't.
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