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High school offers all-girls robotics team
Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2013-02-11 00:42
Story here. Excerpt:
'When it comes to high school robotics teams, all-girl groups like Needham High School’s HackHers are a rare sight.
That’s because female representation is lacking not only in robotics but also across all STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—subjects, said NHS math and computer science teacher Hans Batra, the robotics team’s advisor and founder.
“The stigma of girls doing science is very huge,” said Batra.
But the newly formed team, which has qualified for the state robotics championship tournament at Bridgewater on March 16, is helping pave the way for more female participation in computer science and engineering.
In addition to the state championship in March, the team also competes in the Mass FTC Qualifying Tournament on Feb. 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lexington High School.
“This team proves that even in a male-dominated field everyone has the same potential,” said NHS junior and HackHers member Liz Barrett.'
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"male-dominated"
So is ordnance disposal and combat, but no one seems to be bitching much about that.
"Male-dominated".
Wonder if anyone has pointed out that creating a single-sex club that does not inherently require single-sexedness is... sexist?
Let's see someone create an explicitly boys-only robotics team and see how that goes over.