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It is isn't it? I've been watching StarTrek The Original Series lately and oh boy, have we changed. There is a Netflix Explained episode on Political Correctnes
by teekert 6y ago
It is isn't it? I've been watching StarTrek The Original Series lately and oh boy, have we changed. There is a Netflix Explained episode on Political Correctness, fascinating stuff.
To be clear, in my opinion we definitely changed for the better, the position of women at the end of the 60's (which seems so close) is almost mind boggling to me now. It's just 2 generations away from me, but back then my grandmother's mother told my grandmother: "You want to work? What? I'll teach you how to work, in the kitchen, and around the house." I think this caused my grandmother to be very liberal with her kids and as a result my mother was with me and my brothers. As a result I never understood how one can not see men and women as equal. TOS gives some "nice" insights into the matter though...
- p_l 6y agoTOS is particularly interesting given how it made a noticeable push for equality and so on, a push that is much harder to notice due to different mores today and lacking context (for example, mini skirts used to be sign of women liberation, and IIRC there's at least one TOS episode with male crewman in a mini!)
- moron4hire 6y agoThe male mini skirt is in TNG.
- p_l 6y agoThank you for correction. Wasn't it per chance in one of the earlier episodes? I haven't watched TNG or TOS in ages and they were kind of watched at nearly the same time :)
- moron4hire 6y agoYeah, doesn't show up again after the first season. Might even be only in the first episode of first season of TNG.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago> To be clear, in my opinion we definitely changed for the better I'd say most things changed for the better. But I'd be a hypocrite if I said there are no dark aspects. There are organized thugs on the Internet who will do everything to make your life miserable at the slighest hint of you not conforming to the current view on $SUBJECT. What's equally bad, it doesn't really matter if you actually did what you are accused of, it's enough that someone says so. As a consequence, many people just prefer to keep silent, including the ones who have the most meaningful things to say.