Comment on ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Cast On How Series Was Last Hurrah For “Boys Club” TV Before Me Too Movement
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 day agoAs much as “Me Too” was supposed to be about ridding the industry of sexual harassment (and worse), it also had knock-on effects in terms of storytelling, cast composition, etc.
I don’t think it’s controversial to say that “Enterprise” was not terribly progressive by modern standards (or, in my opinion, the standards of the time) when it came to female representation in particular.
benfell@infosec.exchange 1 day ago
@ValueSubtracted @cybervseas
By such standards, the Original Series (#TOS) seems positively regressive. I don't mean to defend this, but I'm guessing that, at the time, it was perceived that Enterprise needed to fit into that regression.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 day ago
Hmm, I don’t know about that. It seems less to me like them trying to “match” TOS, and more like a continuation of the trends established on late-period “Voyager”…
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 8 hours ago
I do recall that Enterprise was hyped as a response to the demands from (mostly male) fans who wanted a ‘return to exploration’, less ‘magic technology’ and implicitly ‘men doing stuff.’
The 1990s BBS hate of the women in leadership roles in the early seasons of Voyager was savage.
benfell@infosec.exchange 1 day ago
@ValueSubtracted I recall noticing the sexism on Enterprise. I don't recall noticing it on Voyager, which had two strong female characters. But I'm an old man raised in a more chauvinistic era--I might not notice.
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Seven of Nine’s suit was painted on