Holy shit... this 1978 trekkie essay about the bullshit of no women captains in Starfleet is legendary
[Full essay here]
Someone must explain to me why there are no women of command in the ST universe [...] I was under the impression that Star Trek types considered themselves enlightened to a degree. [...] The strong women on the series were either bitches, Romulans, Klingons, or other peoples' wives. In 1967, I can understand that. In 1977, I cannot.
There must be people in the world — poor insecure, insignificant types — who actually believe, or see fit to pretend to believe, that women are unfit by nature for command. These individuals — what can I say?-— are misguided. [...] Women of command exist today in the system. If today, why not tomorrow. I am horrified to realize that from my position, the social structure of the Federation represents a regression. We have outdistanced the predictions made on the status of women in the series. But I don't see fan writers keeping up. [...]
Were I to write Mary Sue, a time shifted story, I suspect that "my" first action would be to defect to the Romulans. They treat their women better....
