Uhura was the first one to clue into the Son of God wasn't a Sun God in "Bread and Circuses."
Jason
Why no women captains?
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Uhura was the first one to clue into the Son of God wasn't a Sun God in "Bread and Circuses."
Jason
And technically Number One was right on the money pretty much all the time. Although I'm with Pike; she's different.
Where are you getting that from?
Kirk and Spock were always right ergo everyone else was always wrong. Kirk and Spock were not women ergo, the women were always wrong. A logical deduction.
Demands evidence, not assumption.
I know I am.
Actually it might be a challenging thread to examine all the times someone other than Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scotty was right in an episode. And hailing frequencies are open, Captain, doesn't count :-D
Kirk was a woman, for half the episode, the onus of this thread.
Which means everything woman kirk came to say was suddenly wrong, and everything crazy woman Janice said became a righteous truth the exact moment she took possession of Kirk's balls.
Ha ha. True! I think there was a missed opportunity for Chapel to do something worthwhile. I would have preferred to see Kirk win her over to his cause rather than dupe her back to docility.
I think there was often a trope in TOS that power was at odds with femininity. Pretty much all the female commanders had their femininity used against them. Nancy Headford had to put love on hold for her career. Even Dr Denhner's air of authority was cited as an indication that she was frigid. Number One had to eschew emotion in order to command. I do think it was almost accepted among the writers that 'normal' women were bad leaders.
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Agreed. If there's one thing that being a member here on the TrekBBS has taught me, it's that it's just not worth the effort disagreeing with some people.
Ahh, but there Kirk's consciousness was in a women, Kirk himself wasn't a woman.
Therefor he could continue to be right.
His personality was agitated by women hormones... And lower back pain from carting jumblies around?
In Enemy Within, both the thug and the milksop were equally the same person from askew views, brought on by different body chemistry.
In Enemy Within, both the thug and the milksop were equally the same person from askew views, brought on by different body chemistry.
I think Kirk's altered personality in TEW was due to epigenetic changes, switching genes on and off in addition to hormones. It does beg the question though, our personalities are determined by our genes and our experiences. What happens if you change one? Mental illness often has genetic and chemical causes if you're in a body that no longer has either, would you actually be insane any more?
That being said, did man body chemistry normalize Janice?
Or did she wig out on all that testosterone?
Or did she wig out on all that testosterone?
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