Where I disagree with some of your posts is the idea you seem to be expressing that just because a woman is scantily-clad in some show, that automatically means she's being objectified. I think that's up to the woman in question to decide, isn't it?
You referenced the Super Bowl halftime show. It certainly looked to me like J-Lo and Shakira were fully in charge of their production. Of their own free wills, they took the gig, wore the outfits they wore, choreographed the suggestive dance moves they performed. While I don't know them personally, I bet if you were able to ask them if they felt objectified, they would say no. They certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves during the show and in the pregame interview they gave. I believe you made a comment like it's too bad that society made them feel that they had to do these things. That's a bit condescending, isn't it? Maybe they didn't feel any societal pressure whatsoever and actually wanted to do what they did.
If a woman WANTS to be scantily-clad or nude, if a woman WANTS to express herself sexually, who are you to judge or say she's being objectified? Just because a woman is scantily-clad doesn't automatically make her objectified.
As Commishleer lays out, not ALL the women on TOS are wearing skimpy outfits, and as others have laid out, some of the men do. Star Trek provided eye candy for ratings, there's little doubt of that, and they did it both ways. There's nothing inherently wrong with eye candy so long as all parties freely agree to it.
