Not only am I not single. My Trekkie wife and I produced a daughter that has no interest in Star Trek whatsoever!
I am so ashamed. I failed as a parent.
If she’s younger, the proper course of action would be to forbid her from watching ST:Prodigy.
She’s 14. That no longer works.
At 14, I can see you’re right.
Instead I might go with, “The world you are going to enter as adult woman is largely set up to diminish who you are and only because of your gender. I hate to say it, but misogyny is alive and well in society and the workplace. This is especially true if you go into a mostly male dominated profession. One of the reasons I like Star Trek (TNG and beyond) is because it depicts a future where women are much more equal to men than they are today. I’ll be the first to say its far from perfect. If you’re looking for role models on TV you could do far worse that Kira Nerys that stood up to invaders to her home before she became the highest ranking member of her people in the show or B’Elanna Torres that became the Chief Engineer on the starship through her knowledge, experience, and tenacity. You are who you are and I love you for it. You don’t have to do any of the things the women on Star Trek do, but I want you to know that no one can place limits on what you accomplish except those you choose for yourself.”
The problem is that she doesn’t like sci-fi very much. That won’t really solve that problem.
I went on the first date with a girl and we got on the topic of the day’s news. I mentioned that I read a story about a guy attacking someone with a “Klingon sword.” She stopped me and said, “You mean a bat’leth?” We’ve been married for 16 years now.
I am not single, yet I’ve been a Trek fan since elementary school. Curious?
Fascinating, and highly illogical.
