Like Father, Like Daughter: Scientific American Podcast

[dracodraconis]

Like Father, Like Daughter: Scientific American Podcast

Women born in the 1970s were 3 times more likely to follow their father's career path. The rest of the podcast can e found at the link.

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[siderea]

Oh, interesting that someone's studied that formally. I'd noticed that in my dorm (1989-1991), just about every woman I spoke to had a male family member -- usually a father, but sometimes a grandfather or uncle -- who had been a role model, mentor, or just "pusher" in the STEM fields. No females. I chalk that up to the great poverty of women in STEM a generation and more ahead of us. If you wound up in STEM in those days, it was because you could connect with the males in STEM, and most likely it was a (male) family member who provided the support (moral, material, and tutorial) to go into STEM.

It's a topic I've been thinking about writing on for some time.

What I'd like to know is the prevalance rate of boys going into their fathers' fields.

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... interesting question. I wonder if there has been any research done on this?

[siderea]

Now is a bad time for me to go on an off-topic research literature goose-chase, but feel free to remind me at some point in the future, because I am indeed interested in this question.