Here's an explanation. Doctors and lawyers make for great television and movies, because of the drama involved and the ease of portraying it. Pretty girls are

Here's an explanation. Doctors and lawyers make for great television and movies, because of the drama involved and the ease of portraying it. Pretty girls are also a requirement for entertainment, for <reasons>. So many doctor and lawyer TV shows were cast with women in them. And then many girls aspired to be doctors and lawyers, because they saw a viable path that way. Also, secretaries and nurses worked close to doctors and lawyers and businessmen, tech was more isolated. Again, less bridge, less role model. Culture > everything.