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Family member who felt ignored by her engineer dad wanted to be an engineer as well. As youngest, She remembers playing with the compass and slide rule and drawing tools, and wanting to do exactly what her father did when she grew up.

So I wonder if it's failed parent child bonding. Like she was trying to please her dad by picking up his interests. She also loves fishing which he did too. Chip off the old block.

Not sure where the genetic interests run into the interests learned while seeking-to-please behavior.
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Laeserin 1y ago

Also probably an effect of smaller families, with fewer sons.

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Laeserin 1y ago

One of the daughters becomes the proto-son.

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gojiberra 1y ago

Interesting, quite likely. 1 son and 2 daughters

Oldest son got the trainset and erector set for Christmas, middle daughter did her own thing, youngest daughter wanted a trainset and the engineering toys her oldest brother got.

Maybe the youngest felt like an accident, burden and tried to get closer to her dad.

So yeah, if the third child hadn't been a burden and the family bigger, it maybe would have worked itself out.

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Also, joining military is such a lucrative occupation, especially if one likes astronaut/computer science stuff and wants to have money.

I don't know what predominantly female occupation is similar to themilitary that pays for school and career after like this for women.

Also truck driving.