{"id":66776,"date":"2012-12-09T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=66776"},"modified":"2012-12-09T07:36:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T12:36:24","slug":"sexy-lady-science-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/sexy-lady-science-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Sexy Lady Scientists May Actually Get Our Daughters Excited About Careers In Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not that there is anything wrong with being a fashion designer, or a ballerina, or a teacher. These are all perfectly wonderful careers for any person to have, but while some moms fantasize about their daughter’s wedding day or her winning an Oscar or becoming President, I fantasize about mine winning a Nobel Prize. Science is awesome you guys, and sadly a lot of girls don’t pursue careers in the field of science for numerous reasons, as outlined here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Recent studies have refuted claims that there is an innate difference in abilities between the sexes; instead, these studies suggest that the smaller proportions of girls pursuing careers in math and science in the United States may be caused by cultural differences and expectations (University of WisconsinMadison, 2009).<\/p>\n

Three strategies related to self-efficacy that have some degree of research support are (1) teaching students that academic abilities are not fixed, but expandable and improvable, (2) exposing girls to female role models who have succeeded in math and science, and (3) providing informational feedback.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So if we need to expose our girls to female role models in the fields of math and science, these ladies who are\u00a0a group of Bristol psychologists have done the work for us, all in a kickass video that shows lady scientists being ladies and acting just like any other lady in a slickly produced music video, except they wear more clothing.
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Even though this is a parody video done in response to a really sad video produced by the\u00a0European Commission<\/a>\u00a0entitled “Science: It’s a Girl Thing<\/a>,” this video actually does more than poke fun at the EC’s depiction of lady scientists, it is actually very inspiring, especially when you see the credits of the ladies at the end of the video, with their PhDs in neuroscience and MScs in animal behavior.<\/p>\n

I want more from these women! I want more videos talking about what their careers entail and a website with articles aimed at young girls and T-shirts. \u00a0My daughter is still young enough where she will change her career path numerous times, and at her young age, she still excels in science. I’m just happy that I have some new role models to show her in a different field other than Vera Wang<\/strong> interviews on You Tube.<\/p>\n

(photo:\u00a0Avesun\u00a0<\/a>\/shutterstock<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My daughter wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up. So does your daughter. Or else she…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21280,"featured_media":66778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,901,6],"tags":[198,600,4612,4554,184],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":32,"label":"being a mom"},{"value":901,"label":"effective parenting"},{"value":6,"label":"Stuff"}],"post_tag":[{"value":198,"label":"career"},{"value":600,"label":"education"},{"value":4612,"label":"girls"},{"value":4554,"label":"girls and technology"},{"value":184,"label":"science"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shutterstock_42256756-640x427.jpg",640,427,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Eve Vawter","author_link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/author\/evevawter\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":32,"name":"being a mom","slug":"being-a-mom","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":898,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Being a mom isn't easy. Learn ways to be a good mom and find out more about what being a mother to a child is all about.\r\n","parent":3,"count":842,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":32,"category_count":842,"category_description":"Being a mom isn't easy. Learn ways to be a good mom and find out more about what being a mother to a child is all about.\r\n","cat_name":"being a mom","category_nicename":"being-a-mom","category_parent":3},{"term_id":901,"name":"effective parenting","slug":"effective-parenting","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":909,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Get effective parenting tips and find out how you can be an effective parent your kids will listen to, parenting tips.\r\n","parent":3,"count":68,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":901,"category_count":68,"category_description":"Get effective parenting tips and find out how you can be an effective parent your kids will listen to, parenting tips.\r\n","cat_name":"effective parenting","category_nicename":"effective-parenting","category_parent":3},{"term_id":6,"name":"Stuff","slug":"stuff","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":8931,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":6,"category_count":8931,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Stuff","category_nicename":"stuff","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":198,"name":"career","slug":"career","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":198,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":600,"name":"education","slug":"education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":600,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":72,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":4612,"name":"girls","slug":"girls","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4679,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":15,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":4554,"name":"girls and technology","slug":"girls-and-technology","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4621,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":184,"name":"science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":184,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":123,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}