An Interesting Article

Recently, I read an article that I believe really hit home. This article is entitled "Why Parents May Cause Gender Differences In Kids". You can read the article. This article is really interesting because of what it talks about.
The article is about how stereotyping and underestimation starts at a very young age. It talks about how parents, even though they may not purposely mean it, discriminate against the ability of girls. Parents limit the abilities of girls as they grow up by treating them like they are not as able or need to be safer. 

Kristina and the robot we built.

The reason this article is something that is important is because we are doing something against what is commonly done by parents. The article talks about how parents typically push their boys to be smart and join clubs like robotics. Yet, when it comes to girls, they are less encouraged to go after the educational side, but to go after a slim, appealing figure. The reason that us, as a team, are able to thrive as a team is because we have parents who change it up. Our parents haven't limited our activities; rather, they have pushed us as much as they would push boys. The reason that we are a good team is because we have defied the odds. We have been raised to think less about how our bodies look and more about how our grades look. How will our transcripts as we graduate high school? What will differ our college applications from every other person that has applied? We were taught to be the future. One of the things that the article stresses is how girls have been held back by parents, teachers, and friends. We have pushed our limits and passed our points of expectations as girls. We are making the change. We are teaching others not to hold the girls back. We are setting the example that when a girl does something, it shouldn't be judged any different than from if a boy were to do it.
We are living by the quote "Be the change you wish to see in the world." 
I stress reading this article. When a problem is finally acknowledged as an issue, we are able to begin tackling it. One of the first steps to fixing anything is seeing that a problem actually exists. A change can not be made until everyone recognizes it as a problem. Ultimum Dominarum is working towards enlightening and influencing the people of the world to work to fix this issue.