Have we forgotten? Les besoins de beaucoup l'emportent sur les besoins de quelques-uns ou de l'un. The needs of many outweigh the needs of the few or one. Star Trek has an entire history of flings, but a Captain should be thinking of the safety and wellness of his or her crew. I doubt you would find offense if the offer was proposed by a woman towards a man. Getting them home with less casualties was Janeway's goal.
Oh I know the proverb very well but I could quote too "Nous sommes ce que nous prétendons être, alors nous devons faire attention à ce que nous prétendons être" from Kurt Vonnegut ("We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be" from Kurt Vonnegut) but my favourite is: "Sois fort pour que personne ne te détruise. Sois noble pour que personne ne t’humilie. Sois humble pour que personne ne t’offense, mais surtout, sois toi-même pour que personne ne t’oublie» ("Be strong so nobody will detroy you, be noble so nobody will humiliate you, be humble so nobody will offense you but above all, be yourself so nobody will forget you")
Again, Janeway had maybe many flaws for some people here but generally, she is still considered as a smart, loyal, caring, proud and courageous Captain because as a woman, she shares the same qualities. That's why her people admire her so much and would be ready to blindly follow her everywhere. Keeping her crew together and bring it at home was her only goal from the beginning and to reach it, she sacrificed body (not in sleeping with the enemy but by placing herself on the first line to save her fellows, what has often led her to be treated for her injuries - how many times did she die? 3-4 times?) and soul (she is the one who took the decision which brought Voyager in the DQ, she is the one who sometimes made a deal with the devil to save her troop and finally, even if a great majority of her people will go home safe and sound, thirty of them have died during the journey, under her command and all this guilt, she will carry it until the end). So no, I think she gave enough of herself for not having to prostitute herself in addition!
Plus, no matter the gender, male or female prostitution is degrading and humiliating and people who are forced to sleep with strangers to survive and/or to offer to their families a better life, suffer from this experience all their lives, physically and
psychologically.
And to end, ST: Voyager 1) was supposed to be a family program, even if it has been heavily sexualized with the arrival of Seven from S4 so, I don't think that seeing Janeway having ravenous sex with a guy who is know to behave cad/jerk would look great!
; 2) if Q has accepted to bring Voyager and her crew at home after having sex with Janeway, we would have missed some great moments, right?!
As for James Kirk, so he could have a good time with women, he seemed content. Good for him but was he happier at the end of the day?
