pic: We left the boys at home

[KathieK]

Ah, equality. It's an interesting topic. I believe that women and men have EQUAL worth, but are different. We think differently, we're wired differently, we communicate differently (and it's been proven over and over again through scientific studies). And I'm thankful that it's so, it is what makes the world an interesting place.

Jacob, I'm hoping that you will take a leadership role on your team as it matures and bring equal opportunities to all your members. In order to do that, it might mean having to single some of them out for special treatment/training/tutoring, so that their skillset and confidence becomes equal with others on the team. I didn't have these opportunities as a high school student (not allowed to take industrial arts courses and was blatently discriminated against in my drafting course) and ended up in a traditional women's career field for 25 years. If only one mentor had said, "let's try an experiment and give the young women on our team an opportunity to shine"... my life might have changed. I understand your position - why single out one entity on the team - but I also understand the reason that they did it.

My initial reaction to seeing the photo though, was, why are they all posing that way? We still have a long way to go.