How did this happen!?!?! 7 new girls in a team of ~20

[Mike]

Originally Posted by dhitchco

Keep in mind that the ratio of boys-to-girls (or men to women) on any team SHOULD be 50/50.

And.....that includes 50/50 split doing the driving, or 50/50 doing the mechanical......the rations shouldn't be biased by things like "let the girls do the spirit stuff".

It's the sharing in the learning process that really counts once you get to the business world! It will never be equal, but it's a graciously-professional goal to aspire to...

Umm... no.

I hate it when people say for a certain area to be truly "gender-bias free" it must be 50/50 split. If 10 girls join the team, and all 10 of those girls want to do marketing, let them do marketing. Similarly, if they all want to do mechanical, let them do mechanical. Make sure that they really want to do marketing, and not that they are just intimidated by being a girl on the mechanical team.

There should never be a time when someone says "We need gender equality, therefore you have to be on the mechanical team." If a person likes to do mechanical work, let that person do mechanical work. If a person like to do public relation work, let that person do public relation work. Don't let their gender come into play whatsoever.