Why is it that not many girls are into robotics?

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Originally Posted by Iain McLeod

We have four girls on the team this year: an artist/typist and three design and construction people.

I think robotics is mostly made up of guys because of the whole conditioning thing someone was talking about earlier...
I know one of my teachers was telling me last year about how in our school there used to be a 'Mechanics and car maintenance' class for the guys, and 'Powder Puff mechanics' for the girls. The education system has a lot to do with it, encouraging girls to take different classes than guys... And as Bryan (my teammate) points out from behind me, there is no mechanics Barbie.


I really don't notice much difference between guys and girls in the robotics room. They all act nuts anyway.

I dont see how this question is really relevant to Robotics as a whole. I see no other purpose for this other than to raise a useless issue. If there is lots of girls then great! if not then so what. Difference in sex shouldnt have anything to do with robotics, or engineering.

[elknise]

I don't know about your team, but our team's girls hold the team together. We have Ms. Saxton who is a mentor. Linda who does programming and electronics. Caitlin who is the captain of the electronics team. Philis who is the captain of our PR team and designed our awesome t-shirts and sweat shirts. Then we have Robin who works with the drive train and arm teams.

Idk what we would do without them.

[davelu]

We have 3 girls on our teaml, use to have lot more but we scared all of them away. it be really nice if our team had more girls....