is the same thing I always find difficult about good ole gene and his beloved female characters, as opposed to his hated/feared or laughable ones.
a "good" woman is an accommodating, soft spoken woman who has no interests of her own.
she is overly focused wife whose sole purpose is to inform/discuss/mirror the inner struggles, dreams, ideas, emotions of her male partner.
she is compliant.
she is gentle.
she is understanding.
she is patient.
she is peripheral.
she always has that idiot mona lisa smile of contentment on her face.
she is nurturing momma worried about nagging when she does his house maintenance work for him.
i shudder when i think about how many lefty men, how many anarchist men, how many poly men, how many queer men, how many men who are supposedly in alliance with feminist wimmin, who date queer wimmin are massive fans of star trek...
watch these shows and movies...
develop completely ignorant, juvenile, malformed ideas not just about wimmin in sci-fi but also about what constitutes a kewl woman, a desirable woman, a woman who is loving, a woman who is suitable partnership material in real time.
blech.
vomit.
pure vomit.
"and now, i shall inform you about your impending impregnation and you shall be happy, relieved, blessed and count yourself lucky that you shall now be able to fulfill your other function - legally lifetime leased cow."
gene. really? rest in peace. and thanks for all your "good" work. this particular offering really irked me. probably because i'm with two men and am often measured by idiots who don't understand why they're with me if i'm not at all like the female character in this episode.
scaaary...scaaaary...darkdaughta, you're sooooo scaaaaary. ;)
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As I said elsewhere, I'm one who tends to throw photon grenades at Roddenberry every once in a while, but in this case, I can't. Roddenberry had passed on to the Great Bird in the Sky long before this episode was even penned. This one, however, can be placed on the shoulders of Berman, who'd actually taken over Roddenberry's role of Executive Showrunner in 1991.
The rest of your point still stands. But at least Gene tried (and failed, most of the time). I can't say even that about most sci-fi shows, especially now.
thanks for the heads up, heavyarmor. in that case, bermandude - grrrrr. i know i'm not grasping at straws where the rest of my point is concerned. i've met too many sons of the trek, inheritors of other sci-fi tv/move traditions who do seem to be covertly patriarchal in this very insidious way demands some fairly patriarchally oppressed posturing from female partners of interest. and i reiterate - blech. ;) thanks for commenting. loving your blog so much.
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