Are all girl FIRST team counterproductive to the philosophy of FIRST?

[Boydean]

I don't think all girl teams work against FIRST's goals.

If you look at other sporting competitions you see a clear division between male and female teams (better said, leagues). The reasons for this can go unspoken, but does this division have a negative impact on the sport's primary purpose? If you asked people this I would imagine most would say it doesn't.

What makes FIRST any different? What makes FIRST different is that an all girl team has the same chances (maybe even better chances as described by earlier posters) as guy/girl team, competing in the same competition, to gain the title as winner. Imagine the inspirational impact on those girls when they win that regional (whether it be winner, or chairmans).

The real problem would be if there was a girl only team in the community with only one FRC team, and leads no attempt to start another team for guys (or the other way around). Although, I believe that is a discussion to be left for another time.