Holy hell, the miniskirts. I know it was progressive for its time, women’s lib, etc. But: Female officers bending over console, butt swell hanging out. Almost every episode, over sexualized women needlessly emotional, constantly falling into male arms. Barely clothed, wisps of fabric. Spock saying that Kirk’s alter ego trying to rape his female officer made him interesting.
I’m at episode 14, 1st season. Is the rest of the series like this?
That said, there’s a hard, pure science to it I haven’t seen in later star treks. Can see how people then would find it fascinating. Also gets deep, in a weighty, high drama way.
The man liked sex! What can be said? :p
The objectification and in some EPS degredation of women is at times difficult to look over. It’s one show where knowing how it helped progress some ideals of womans rights makes it a bit easier to watch.
I will also add that I do like the sex aspect of star trek, or at least the idea of it, and it’s been a bit lost over the shows. People in the future wanna fuck, and there’s value in leaning into that.