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Gender Roles in Star Trek Next Generation
In 1966 a series called "Star Trek" was created. ... Through each series, The Original, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, there has been progression with the times and the issues. The issues that surround the episodes of Star Trek include race, religion, sexuality, the depiction of science and gender roles. The central focus being talked about in this paper will be gender roles. Gender roles in Star Trek deal with leadership and sexuality. Men and women have had different roles in Star Trek as well as different progressions. Men in Star Trek have always had a leadership role. ... In the Next Generation series there is Captain Picard, the second in command, Riker, and there are others engineering roles played by Warf and Data who are all men. ... Women in Star Trek have made a real progression, at least more then Men have. When men are already at the top having leadership roles theres no place to go but down. ... The women of Star Trek started at the bottom and could only go up. ... " In the Next Generation series the women started to move farther up the leadership ladder. The women starring roles were Beverly Crusher, the doctor, and Diana Troy, the counselor. ... The Voyager series was a big step for women in Star Trek. ... This series brought women into leadership roles. The progression of women in Star Trek has been appropriately timed and has even pushed a little bit past the time. ... Women in Star Trek have progressed from a secretary type, to a doctor and counselor, to the second in command and eventually the first in command or the captain. ... Lets talk more specifically about the Next Generation series. The Original series showed the four starring male roles to provide everything for the crew. This is not the case in Next Generation. Next Generation is more like a family with a father, a mother and children. ... There are four characters, which give the presence of a family on Next Generation. ... Women were working and coming into keys roles in the work force and Star Trek, however there was still this importance about the father.
Approximate Word count = 1705
Approximate Pages = 6.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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