I’ve always found that kind of behind-the-scenes decision making weird on the part of producers, because it basically assumes the worst about the audience, or maybe it’s an attempt to expand the audience and reach people that will only watch Star Trek for “pew-pew” battles and sexy women.
And maybe that’s realistic, since in recent years there’s a significant group that call themselves fans of this franchise that love to whine about “Woke Trek” because a show has the gall to have women, people of color, and LGBTQ characters front and center. I remember reading that Timothy McVeigh, an anti-federalist who killed 168 people and was tied to white supremacist groups, was a big fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and saw it as “a Utopian model for the future.” Just spend a moment trying to square that circle.
Because with the catsuits you have to assume that the people watching a show about an enlightened, utopian future that has achieved gender and racial equality still want their underlying sexist titillation satisfied while watching stories that castigate those attitudes.
