The X Files’ Dana Scully inspired a generation of women in STEM
There Are No Girls on the Internet
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Trust no one...except for TANGOTI host Bridget when she says that the pragmatic, efficient and skeptical FBI agent Dana Scully deeply inspired her. (Photographic evidence: https://www.tangoti.com/xfiles ) And it turns out Bridget isn’t alone.
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media’s study on the Scully Effect found that Scully inspired a generation of women and girls to go into STEM.
Read the full report on the Scully Effect: https://seejane.org/research-informs-empowers/the-scully-effect-i-want-to-believe-in-stem/#:~:text=Moderate%2Fheavy%20viewers%20place%20a,in%20behaviors%20relating%20to%20STEM.
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