[horatio]

Originally Posted by janeway72

If I wore a mini-skirt to work, someone would be taking me aside and explaining to me that it doesn't look professional. So if it doesn't look professional in a school, it can hardly look professional on a Starship, especially a male dominated Starship.

Did they have Jeffries tubes on that version of the Enterprise? If so, it is not exactly practical for crawling through a Jeffries tube.

I am sure that Uhura is glad that she works on the bridge now instead on her former communication post in dirty BreweryEngineering, no more dirty legs anymore.

[Commodore]

Originally Posted by janeway72

But you don't have time to put on coveralls every time aliens invade your ship. Look at Janeway in Macrocosm. Ditch the jacket and jersey, pick up a Compression Rifle and hey presto, ready to take on anything.

So you're saying that a woman can't fight (or do anything period) unless she's dressed exactly like a man?

What a terribly sexist thing to say...

[MrQ1701]

Originally Posted by janeway72

We are talking about uniforms. I have never said it is not Star Trek to me. I really don't know if Mr Q has said that but he hasn't in the last few pages of this thread.

For me, Trek is "Prime" Trek only. That's how I feel right now. NuTrek 2 may change that. NuTrek is simply another universe I do not care about. That does not mean new stories set in that universe can not be interesting to see. The pure action and ultra fast pace of NuTrek also turned me off. I LOVE action and adventure, and I enjoy those things within Trek, but when those things are the only things... I am left needing more. Of course this shallow version of Trek can be explained away as a simple introduction to the new universe. I buy that explanation, but that doesn't make the shallowness any less obvious or tolerable.

[janeway72]

I'm saying, you try wearing a mini skirt and fighting. They are not the most practical of garments. Why should you wear something different because of your gender. Why can't you have androgenous uniforms?

[I-Am-Zim]

Originally Posted by janeway72

Well said, Horatio! And Jadzia Dax is gorgeous despite the lack of a mini-skirt.

You gotta admit, the TOS miniskirt looked quite nice on her in "Trials And Tribble-Ations".

Originally Posted by janeway72

Did they have Jeffries tubes on that version of the Enterprise? If so, it is not exactly practical for crawling through a Jeffries tube.

Unless you're a male officer.

Runs and hides...

[Odradek]

Originally Posted by janeway72

I'm saying, you try wearing a mini skirt and fighting. They are not the most practical of garments. Why should you wear something different because of your gender. Why can't you have androgenous uniforms?

because they're ugly

[janeway72]

Originally Posted by Commodore

So you're saying that a woman can't fight (or do anything period) unless she's dressed exactly like a man?

What a terribly sexist thing to say...

I love the way SOME men seem to think if they say something is sexist, that somehow it wins the argument. Explain how saying a miniskirt is rubbish for fighting and climbing through a Jeffries tube is sexist. So is a ball gown or a tuxedo.

[MrQ1701]

Originally Posted by janeway72

I'm saying, you try wearing a mini skirt and fighting. They are not the most practical of garments. Why should you wear something different because of your gender. Why can't you have androgenous uniforms?

I think a woman could fight in a mini-skirt!! Of course, in battle, defeating your enemy is the priority on your mind and a woman would NOT worry too much about showing off her panties or her "who-ha"!

Edit: Same goes for climbing or any other physical activity...It CAN be done, but everything would be on display!!

[starwarsrcks]

ok you hate the movie do I give a ****

[janeway72]

Originally Posted by MrQ1701

I think a woman could fight in a mini-skirt!! Of course, in battle, defeating your enemy is the priority on your mind and a woman would NOT worry too much about showing off her panties or her "who-ha"!

Edit: Same goes for climbing or any other physical activity...It CAN be done, but everything would be on display!!

Quite and I can't help thinking that it might distract the men to some degree