Discussion on All-Girl events

[Dibit1010]

I think there is a huge misconception about what (a large portion) of women want out of bias discussions. Most of us want equality, for pay, for perception, and just in general. Not everyone is biased but based on my personal experience as a girl who is involved in the engineering field there are still people in high places that refuse to accept the idea that my work as a female is on par with that of my male counterparts. Even with all the scholarships and programs to get women into STEM schools females walked away with only 19.2% of engineering diplomas, and 18.2% in computer science (2014). This number needs to be higher- women are still being pushed away from engineering fields because of biasing. I am supportive of these types of discussions about gender perception because FIRST seems to be at opposite ends of the spectrum. While some teams have a female inclusive team others seem to only allow girls on their cheering squad team (which is fine if you want to cheer- it's great!), but don't try to tell me that 100% of the 35 girls on your team want to only cheer in the stands. Inclusiveness comes not from the leadership, but from the students themselves. The males on the team have to accept the female in the build room, and treat her the same. It sounds like you are- good job! Sorry for the rant but this is something that needs to be talked about. (Great idea for IndyRAGE- would go but I'm in NC)


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