teenmag.com asked 5,323 teenaged girls what they wanted to be when they grew up and as a result, being in the creative arts (“singer/dancer/actor/director, etc” at 32.35%) nudged out the gray flannel
suit life (lawyer/doctor/stockbroker/other professional” at 31.55%) by a slim margin, and far outdistanced “writer/photographer/news journalist” at 9.53%; “professional athlete” at 3.81%; “mom” at
6.53%; “trophy wife” at 1.21%; “politician” at 1.04%; 13.98% selected “None of the above."