It was "The Next Generation" which neutered "Star Trek". There was plenty of sex, pushing the limits of television, in the orginal series. Green Orion Slave women come from the PILOT. Harry Mudd's "Venus drug" made commentary about self-esteem and aphrodisiacs in the first season. Kirk fricking seated on the edge of his bed pulling his boots on to make OBVIOUS what happened during the commercial break. Kirk and Uhura shared the first inter-racial kiss on television. By the time of the movies, Kirk was dealing with having an illigetimate kid.
Seriously, TOS gets a lot of crap for being "corny" or inconsistent or scientifically "inaccurate" but I wonder if some people have even seen it, with the comments they make.
It was Picard and crew who totally took sex out of Star Trek. And, except for some interesting twists in the Mirror Universe in "Deep Space Nine" and the embarassingly juvenile nonsense in "Enterprise", there's been little since.
Trek is as much about exploring the human experience and psyche as it is about exploring space. Sex is PART of those realms. If it fits and tells a good story, bring it on. Good luck to them in doing something as classy and (still) relevant as "Mudd's Women" in this movie.
