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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the boys in robotics seem to have much poorer social skills (and make inappropriate sexist jokes around girls-including my dd)  than my dd athlete male friends...so maybe this is what females mean by not being accepted around male engineering students?[/quote]

Nope, the robotics kids don’t make those comments and they are around girls in robotics. My athletic kids friends do. [/quote]

On my kid's robotics team, the most outstanding student (Dean's List) is a girl boss who already invented a real app.  Overall the team seems pretty accepting, in keeping with FRC norms.  My son's best friends are girls now.  Including one that's three grades ahead of him in math.  That girl takes math with his senior brother.  Girls also have taken over running most of the clubs and student council.  We even had a female quarterback for a year.  (Although honestly our school does not have much football talent, so it was easy to compete for the spot.)   It's amazing what girls can and will do when the environment is supportive.  If women are leaving, it may not be because they really lack what it takes...they just know when they are not welcome, don't want to put up with b.s., or don't want to be in a sink or swim culture that glorifies some students drowning so others can feel better about how genius they are.[/quote]

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