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

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Lledargo

The goal of FIRST is to inspire innovation, and teach students how to work in todays rapidly growing society. Exclusive teams only let people work with others of the same demographic, meaning they will not have to try as hard to learn to work with others that they may disagree with. which is not only counterproductive to the FIRST philosophy but to society in general.

You've said A & B, but haven't linked them. This still doesn't provide evidence even implying that FIRST wants teams to learn to work with a diverse group of people. It's not in FIRST's mission at all.