# @thespacegal on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CFZ94qll-kM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19515633-thespacegal-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-09-21T16:44:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily Calandrelli (@thespacegal) — https://gondola.cc/thespacegal

## Caption

The Draw a Scientist Test 🎨was first conducted in 1983 in order to study when children learn about stereotypes about scientists. 

In the original study of nearly 5,000 kids - only 28 of the girls and no boys drew female scientists. That's about 0.5% of all the drawings. 

Over the years, this study has been repeated 80+ times with over 20,000 students. Gradually, that percentage got better, but it was mostly driven by girls starting to draw female scientists.  

Only 1.2% of girls drew scientists as female in the original 1983 study. That rose to 58 percent by 2016. But boys still draw male scientists 9 times out of 10. 

minnesota.rain sent me this picture on Twitter. Their son, Gavin, was asked to draw a scientist. And this is what he drew. (Please note the inclusion of the bump 🤰🏻!)

This...makes me feel lots of feelings. 🥰

We hear it so often that it starts to lose meaning - but representation matters. It's incredibly powerful and it changes the way we think. 

Here's hoping this Draw a Scientist test continues to reveal a more diverse assumption of what a scientist can look like as the years go on.
#EmilysWonderLab

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