I think the return to short skirts bugged me - while not in the original (because that was the time period and yes, it was sexist back then but then that was that time period - all the tv shows had women in short skirts) is because they aren't choosing to wear short skirts, it's not like Uruha went to her closet or shopping mall and picked short skirts. It's her uniform. She may hate them, but still has to wear it.
This reboot does keep to the original's view of women and women's role in the Trek verse, which was changed in STNG, DS9, and the films. Women are treated as support, girlfriends, wives, mothers - they aren't part of the assault team, and they wear sexy clothes. It was a legitimate critique of the original Trek but also a critique of that time period. It is also why a lot of my female friends didn't like the original Trek - and much preferred the latter series.
That said: I am not sure we critique the writers for choosing to go this route, since they were sticking more or less with the canonical view of the original. It would look odd if they did away with how these people were dressed completely or some of the sexism - since the story is told pretty much from Kirk and Spock's pov, and Kirk was chauvinistic and a bit of a sexist jerk - hence Uruha's constant rejection of him. Spock -older and more enlightened, although even on Vulcan - the majority of the elders and students were male. So Spock also that view - she is his student, his support. Note it is Kirk that gets through to him. So the story is told from a decidedly white male perspective but then it always was, so that is in keeping with the original.
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Short Skirts
Date: 2009-05-17 05:43 pm (UTC)This reboot does keep to the original's view of women and women's role in the Trek verse, which was changed in STNG, DS9, and the films. Women are treated as support, girlfriends, wives, mothers - they aren't part of the assault team, and they wear sexy clothes. It was a legitimate critique of the original Trek but also a critique of that time period. It is also why a lot of my female friends didn't like the original Trek - and much preferred the latter series.
That said: I am not sure we critique the writers for choosing to go this route, since they were sticking more or less with the canonical view of the original. It would look odd if they did away with how these people were dressed completely or some of the sexism - since the story is told pretty much from Kirk and Spock's pov, and Kirk was chauvinistic and a bit of a sexist jerk - hence Uruha's constant rejection of him. Spock -older and more enlightened, although even on Vulcan - the majority of the elders and students were male. So Spock also that view - she is his student, his support. Note it is Kirk that gets through to him. So the story is told from a decidedly white male perspective but then it always was, so that is in keeping with the original.