Girls in Engineering- Comic that explains it all

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

This was what I was concerned about. The engineering community pressuring (for want of a better term) women to go into engineering the same way they have traditionally been pressured away from it. Is it better to steer someone away from a career they might like or into a career they might not like? To me they are two sides of the same coin and neither side is very good.

For reference, I do think that we have a stereotype to change. I do think we need more women in engineering but I have some concerns about pressuring anyone to do something they may not enjoy.

On the same token, it is a lot easier to subtly and unconsciously pressure women into not pursing engineering than it is to do the opposite. In the limited context of a FIRST team, how many robotics team leaders honestly believe they do nothing to dissuade women from joining any build team, but still end up with male dominated subgroups, all of the women brushed aside into Chairman's or safety work?