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# The Scully Effect

[Link →](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Scully#%22The_Scully_Effect%22)

> The character \[Dana Scully\] is believed by some to have initiated a phenomenon referred to as „The Scully Effect,“ as the character’s role as a medical doctor and FBI Special Agent inspired many young women to pursue careers in science, medicine, engineering, and law enforcement, and as a result brought a perceptible increase in the number of women in those fields.

Gillian Anderson bestätigte während der San Diego Comic Con 2013, dass sie das auch wahrnahm:

> We got a lot of letters all the time, and I was told quite frequently by girls who were going into the medical world or the science world or the FBI world or other worlds that I reigned, that they were pursuing those pursuits because of the character of Scully. And I said, ‚Yay!'“

Was wir alle eh schon wissen, zeigt sich also auch hier: **Representation matters!**

Und, nun ja, wenn die jungen Frauen ähnlich engagierte und integere Agentinnen wie Scully geworden sind, wurden sie vermutlich längst von Trumps Truppen entlassen – aber das ist ein anderes Thema. (via [@supergarv](https://phpc.social/@supergarv/)’s RT of [@marble](https://chaos.social/@marble/115416462603825881))