Gender Study About Robotics Teams

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Hi FIRSTers, I’m a member of Team Mercury 1089 and my history teacher assigned a gender study to my class. Another student and I on our team have decided to revolve our study around people involved in science and technology. Everyone is invited to answer these questions and we are very appreciative of your answers. You can either post up responses here or PM them to me. I’ll post the findings of our project after we compile the statistics. Thank you for your time.

Team Specific Questions:

1. What is your team name and number?
2. Where is your team from?
3. What is the gender break down of your team? Specifically regarding:
A. Team Leadership:
Students?
Mentors?
B. Drive Team:
C. Pit Crew:
4. Have you dealt with or seen a gender bias on your team? Please explain.

Family Life Questions:

1. What is your gender?
2. What are your parents’ jobs/careers?
3. What is your career/your spouse’s career? (If applicable)
4. Do you have brothers and/or sisters? What are their hobbies/jobs?
5. Roughly describe your childhood: (i.e. who did you spend time with, what types of toys did you play with)

Person Specific Questions:

1. Why did you join robotics?
2. Why do you think that there are so few women working in science and technology fields?
3. What do you do on your team?
4. What are your post high school aspirations? (Include college majors etc)
5. Have you considered going into a science or technology field? Why or why not?
6. Have you ever been discouraged about your career aspirations? By whom? (Relation and gender, no names please)