Discussion on All-Girl events

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Originally Posted by Drake Vargas

Having an opinion that differs from the norm shouldn't be considered offensive. The overly PC culture present in FIRST and CD is ridiculous. God forbid anyone say something that might be interpreted as misogynistic. /s

Here are some of your posts along with some of the quotes that preceded them in italics. I went through the trouble of bolding what some might interpret as offensive or misogynistic (and I was fairly conservative with it) and underlining things that are untrue along with some commentary in case you don't understand why. I tried my best to explain these problems, but if anyone else can explain it better, feel free to chime in.

Karthik, everyone seems to be up in arms about the lack of female representation in engineering. In my opinion, that ostracizes men more than anything else. The very graph you posted shows fields with almost no males, and nobody seems to be upset that there aren't more male kindergarent teachers. At the same time, I don't see anyone complaining that men almost completely fill the most grueling jobs on this list. This isn't a very good argument for "equality".

Taking a discussion about women and immediately trying to change the focus of the conversation to the men. This may be interpreted as you not caring about the issues women face and only caring about your own gender.

Originally Posted by smitikshah
For example. just today, all the "bros" (as they like to call themselves) made plans to go out for a lab team lunch, and I was the only one that wasn't invited.

There is nothing wrong with this situation. Really, this isn't going against any law or infringing on any of your rights. This is a group of men going out to have fun, it is fully within their right to choose who they want to hang out with. Do you honestly think you have the same definition of fun as them? Both guys and gals like hanging out with people most similar to them, there is nothing wrong with that.

I shouldn't have to explain how this is insulting.

Originally Posted by Joe G.
Just because it's legal to be a rude person, doesn't mean you should be a rude person.

Not wanting to hang out with a person isn't rude. Do you actually believe that? Other people should be able to tell me who I can and can't hang out with?

Any elementary schooler would be able to tell you that excluding someone is in fact, quite rude.

It's incredibly naive to think biological factors don't play a role in the distribution of careers. Biology is the single largest determinant in a persons character. Yes, there are societal pressures, but they are driven by our innate biological tendencies. We tend to enforce the norm as guided by our unique neurological makeup. Men are typically more aggressive than women, women are typically more empathetic than men. Meaning that on the whole, a lot of women aren't going to like working in a competitive environment whereas men will. And in science, you need competition.

Textbook definition of predjudice and sexism and just because you use the word typically, it doesn't change anything. It is the exact same as this famous quote:

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

I might do a part 2 if I have time and it's necessary, but I've spent way too much time on this for now.