So, DD was in a camp for gifted students with STEM interests over Spring Break. Both the dropoff and pickup times were well within the normal 8-5 workday. And DD and I both made an interesting observation - nearly every parent at pickup/dropoff was male. I've never seen that in any other context.
So, what we have here are gifted children with a keen interest in STEM, so much so that they gave up part of their vacations, and potential evidence of a very involved dad in nearly every case (even if they didn't have to make special work arrangements like I did, they at least took the time to make the drive twice a day). Given that women were (and still are, to a lesser degree) actively discouraged from pursuing STEM careers in previous generations, this would seem to make sense - gifted children with involved dads would be more likely to be exposed to and be excited by STEM, since they're more likely to get that from their fathers.
I'm interested to hear your anecdata in support or refutation.
