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   From: starfist@gmail.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:15:28 -0400, Ubiquitous wrote:   
      
   > starfist@gmail.invalid wrote:   
   >>On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:21:41 -0400, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >>>liam@valentijn.nu wrote:   
   >>>>Op 26-6-2017 om 19:46 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   >>>>> starfist@gmail.invalid wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> I wonder if the reason women are forbidden to command a starship in   
   >>>>>> Krik's era has anything to do with the disaster that is brewing for   
   >>>>>> this series.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Didn't we learn anything from Voyager?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Voyager had issues orbiting issues. The gender of Janeway was not part   
   >>>>of that. It was the writers. They failed.   
   >>>   
   >>> If memory serves, they made a big deal about having a female captain   
   >>   
   >>The PR push was annoying, but they didn't have to upend anything to   
   >>write the character.  At least the timeline worked. Kirk says that   
   >>women are forbidden to captain a sharship 10 years after Discover   
   >>takes place. Not a problem for Voyager.   
   >   
   > But that wasn't the point. the point is they made a big deal about finally   
   > having a female Captain and she was a miserable failure, proving the point of   
   > them not allowing female captains.   
      
   It was a fun bit of irony. And they made her an Admiral for it.   
      
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