Now that I am no longer confused about Star Trek, I felt that I should actually talk about it. I do not believe that Star Trek really pushed down women, the more I thought about it. The argument I had in an earlier blog post, I stated that women were always the weak link, basically. Although, I do not believe that that is true. Sorry to contradict myself, but here is my reasoning. In the movie, every character had their own flaws. Data was in-able to control anything about himself, always having to take orders. Even then, HE as a male was abducted, not a female. Then you notice the men when they were trying to stop the droids in space, THEY were the ones to die. In addition, I do not believe the women were 'sexualized' as we had briefly talked about in class. In fact, they fit their roles as a person. Nowhere in that movie were they talking about how hot the character was, nor was there any foul play. The Queen was said to portray that she was sexy, not really. What is sexy about a slimy half women? I think that she was played to be ugly. Although, my taste might be different then yours, HA!!
But, to stick with my first post, I do believe that women were always the backup. That is clearly evident, as I wrote before.
Do you really think that women were down played or sexualized?!
P.S. I liked the ending of The Diamond Age, it was pretty unique.
