Is Anyone Else Worried?

[Locutus of Bored]

Hey everyone, I'm new here and I'm excited to talk Star Trek with some folks.

My wife and I have been talking a lot about the recent cultural trend of feminism in our media and how we think it isn't healthy and only promotes further sexism, especially against men. See the recent season of Dr. Who, there's tons of examples of misadry. It makes me so sad! Also, we've noticed that the message seems to be that in order for woman to take more prominent roles they must either be Mary sues(where they're too good at everything) or they must be stoic or masculine(kinda like rogue one)

As much as I sincerely want discovery to be great, I'm super worried about it and I don't want them to overly politicize the show and make it out right militant. It's not the Star Trek way. Star Trek has always been beautiful and challenging, it's why I've always loved it. As a man, I still relate to Janeway(and Picard for other reasons) the most out of the captains, due to her heart and loving approach to others.

I guess what I'm trying to discuss is, what are the chances that Discovery will follow this media trend and have a forced opinion on the matter instead of an intellectual look at it? What are the chances that they'll make our new hero two dimensional? I want to see a strong female character that can be feminine and strong. I want to see her struggle and grow.
I just feel it's an important discussion for Star Trek to have.

*For the record, my wife and I are egalitarianists. Also, I've never written in forums and I really don't want to deal with trolls nor bullys. I'm not out to hurt feelings, I'm here to discuss an art I am deeply passionate about.

I find it highly suspicious that as your allegedly very first post on a forum ever, you chose to lead off by poisoning the well with dubious and provocative claims about the aims of feminism, the (mis)treatment of men in media, and about how female leads are characterized, something which has been discussed ad nauseam on this forum for months now.

That you lob this bomb and then finish it off by saying you don't want to deal with trolls and bullies, and then leave the thread to watch it burn only makes it more suspicious that that was precisely what you were looking for all along.

I'm closing this down, because it's already become iteration #2035 on how poor suffering white men are being mistreated by the presence of a black woman lead on our screen, and how her exhibiting similar characteristics to any number of other Trek main characters somehow makes her a Mary Sue just because she happens to be a woman.

Sorry to the people who put in time and effort to rebut this nonsense, and your efforts are appreciated, but this discussion has been done here plenty of times before and the usual suspects wind up using it to troll or air their personal grievances, while others get frustrated and carried away and hurl insults.