Also... Deanna Troy anyone? Space Opera / United Federation of Planets Star Trek is all well and good but to imply that it's ever been very progressive on the gender equality front is ludicrous.
Okay so I just read the wiki page on the Bechdel test, and now I'm wondering if any episode/film of the Star Trek franchise has ever passed it... EVER. I mean even in Voyager I imagine if Janeway was talking to Kes or B'Elanna it was probably about Neelix or Paris. Maybe Janeway + Seven of Nine convos? But then can we really consider Seven of Nine's character to be a woman in the sense intended by the Bechdel test?
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Also ... Deanna Troy anyone? Space Opera / United Federation of Planets Star Trek is all well and good but to imply that it's ever been very progressive on the gender equality front is ludicrous.
Okay so I just read the wiki page on the Bechdel test, and now I'm wondering if any episode/film of the Star Trek franchise has ever passed it ... EVER. I mean even in Voyager I imagine if Janeway was talking to Kes or B'Elanna it was probably about Neelix or Paris. Maybe Janeway + Seven of Nine convos? But then can we really consider Seven of Nine's character to be a woman in the sense intended by the Bechdel test?