Not trying to be offensive but lets face certain realities. Also I'm approaching this from the viewpoint of a heterosexual male and not attempting to disparage or speak for the views of other genders and/or sexual orientation.
Off the head I can think of Uhura (both old and nu), Chapel, Rand, McGivers, Saavik (both versions) Troi, Crusher, Yar, Shelby, Lefler, Ro, Seven, T'Pol, Dax (both versions), Kira and some others I'm sure I'm missing and the constant stream of one show wonders.....and they all have something in common. Their bodies range from "Very Good" to "Bam!!!" And I think if they put out a "Women of Starfleet" calendar of them in swimsuits most Star Trek male fans, and even some women ones, would find the calendar pretty nice.
I mean there's even an admiral, I think it was Satee, who is in her 50's but even she is in great shape.
I know people will point to Pulaski or Janeway and there's the occasional out of shape Admiral, but those are few and far between....But Diana Muldur (Pulaski) was hot in TOS I've never seen young pictures of Mulgrew but she looks like she would have been pretty easy on the eyes when she was younger.
Meanwhile look at the men. Sure there are guys like Riker, Worf, Sisko and Scotty during TOS who are pretty big strapping lads. Sulu obviously hit the gym a lot, at least during his TOS years, Bashir is a looker in the face. But really most of the men don't exactly scream GQ.
Except for the first season Krik always had a belly, Bones looked frail as hell, Spock was trim but didn't exactly scream out "Wow" then in the films Kirk and Scotty just got plain fat and Bones looked like a skeleton at times.
Picard and Data were like Spock, trim but not what I imagine most people would buy pictures of in a Speedo. Laforge looks silghtly overweight, O'Brien more so. Barclay look fit into the same category as Bones in that a good breeze might knock him over.
Odo wasn't exactly a looker. I didn't get into Enterprise or Voyager but the doctor on Voy wasn't a knockout. I guess Kim was good looking from what I saw, but the rest of the male crew seemed pretty average. Backula was a good looking guy in his prime and has aged well but is more distinguished than drop dead hot.
In NuTrek, Kirk was a bona fide hunk, Sulu was decent looking, NuSpock was like old Spock. But McCoy looked drunk, Chekov looked like a teenager in the early stages of male pattern baldness, Scotty looked slightly crazy and also with male pattern baldness and none had a build I would describe as strapping or muscular.
Call me crazy but I seem to notice a direct connection between the kind of body female starfleet personnel have and their starfleet prospects. Conversely the men don't really seem to have to fit any particular standard of attractiveness body wise.
I mean just to give one example. Shelby commits a direct act of insubordination by going to Picard over Riker. Picard doesn't endorse her plan, but doesn't chew her out for not following the chain of command, he's even kind of understanding about it. Then Riker even kind of just sits there in the turbo lift letting Shelby badmouth the hell out of him and he doesn't really do anything except make a vague threat. Would Picard and/or Riker have taken that kind of crap from Barclay? Did it help Shelby not get ripped to shreds that she had certain "assets"
And it doesn't even stop at Starfleet. Kaylar was hot, the Duras sisters, despite their unattractive faces, also had certain "assets" that their uniforms put on prominent display. Most Romulan women, despite the huge shoulder pads, looked like they were fit and trim. Especially because they brought back Denise Crosby.
Like I said....I notice a distinct pattern.
Don't get mad at me. I'm just calling it like I see it. I didn't make the casting choices or uniforms. But even in the "enlightened" 23rd and 24th century where things like poverty and money don't exist anymore, it still seems like a nice body is still very much in play as an element of success for women.
Off the head I can think of Uhura (both old and nu), Chapel, Rand, McGivers, Saavik (both versions) Troi, Crusher, Yar, Shelby, Lefler, Ro, Seven, T'Pol, Dax (both versions), Kira and some others I'm sure I'm missing and the constant stream of one show wonders.....and they all have something in common. Their bodies range from "Very Good" to "Bam!!!" And I think if they put out a "Women of Starfleet" calendar of them in swimsuits most Star Trek male fans, and even some women ones, would find the calendar pretty nice.
I mean there's even an admiral, I think it was Satee, who is in her 50's but even she is in great shape.
I know people will point to Pulaski or Janeway and there's the occasional out of shape Admiral, but those are few and far between....But Diana Muldur (Pulaski) was hot in TOS I've never seen young pictures of Mulgrew but she looks like she would have been pretty easy on the eyes when she was younger.
Meanwhile look at the men. Sure there are guys like Riker, Worf, Sisko and Scotty during TOS who are pretty big strapping lads. Sulu obviously hit the gym a lot, at least during his TOS years, Bashir is a looker in the face. But really most of the men don't exactly scream GQ.
Except for the first season Krik always had a belly, Bones looked frail as hell, Spock was trim but didn't exactly scream out "Wow" then in the films Kirk and Scotty just got plain fat and Bones looked like a skeleton at times.
Picard and Data were like Spock, trim but not what I imagine most people would buy pictures of in a Speedo. Laforge looks silghtly overweight, O'Brien more so. Barclay look fit into the same category as Bones in that a good breeze might knock him over.
Odo wasn't exactly a looker. I didn't get into Enterprise or Voyager but the doctor on Voy wasn't a knockout. I guess Kim was good looking from what I saw, but the rest of the male crew seemed pretty average. Backula was a good looking guy in his prime and has aged well but is more distinguished than drop dead hot.
In NuTrek, Kirk was a bona fide hunk, Sulu was decent looking, NuSpock was like old Spock. But McCoy looked drunk, Chekov looked like a teenager in the early stages of male pattern baldness, Scotty looked slightly crazy and also with male pattern baldness and none had a build I would describe as strapping or muscular.
Call me crazy but I seem to notice a direct connection between the kind of body female starfleet personnel have and their starfleet prospects. Conversely the men don't really seem to have to fit any particular standard of attractiveness body wise.
I mean just to give one example. Shelby commits a direct act of insubordination by going to Picard over Riker. Picard doesn't endorse her plan, but doesn't chew her out for not following the chain of command, he's even kind of understanding about it. Then Riker even kind of just sits there in the turbo lift letting Shelby badmouth the hell out of him and he doesn't really do anything except make a vague threat. Would Picard and/or Riker have taken that kind of crap from Barclay? Did it help Shelby not get ripped to shreds that she had certain "assets"
And it doesn't even stop at Starfleet. Kaylar was hot, the Duras sisters, despite their unattractive faces, also had certain "assets" that their uniforms put on prominent display. Most Romulan women, despite the huge shoulder pads, looked like they were fit and trim. Especially because they brought back Denise Crosby.
Like I said....I notice a distinct pattern.
Don't get mad at me. I'm just calling it like I see it. I didn't make the casting choices or uniforms. But even in the "enlightened" 23rd and 24th century where things like poverty and money don't exist anymore, it still seems like a nice body is still very much in play as an element of success for women.
