Star Trek has always had a vigorous if not always healthy approach to sex. Star Trek: The Original Series arrived in the midst of the Swinging Sixties, with second-wave feminism demolishing puritanical stereotypes and the advent of the birth control pill giving women unprecedented control over their bodies. Although Star Trek was created with families in mind, it was often more open about the topic than other shows of the period. That’s carried over into the rest of the franchise, which endeavors to keep up with changing norms, sometimes more successfully than others. Latter-day Star Trek shows have broached the topic more boldly, and taken advantage of more adult themes and ideas. Star Trek: Lower Decks leads the pack on that front, mining humor from the active sex lives of its characters with an explicitness unseen in any of its predecessors.Despite Lower Decks’ handling of sex, the show has made huge advancements for the asexual community, who have found a lot to relate to in the Star Trek franchise over the years. Previous series have featured characters who aren’t interested in sex and romance, only to muddy those waters by treating them as alien or otherwise outside the norm. For all of Lower Decks’ ribaldry and sexually active characters, at least two of its protagonists are de facto asexual, which it regards as neither unusual nor a “problem” to be solved. The contrast ties into the formula Lower Decks uses for all of its humor by using the circumstances to create the laughs instead of the emotional state. This helped make the franchise’s sexiest show a watershed for asexual representation.Sex and sexuality came with The Original Series, though its status on network television limited most of it to winks and nudges. That could be a double-edged sword sometimes, especially since James T. Kirk’s womanizing hasn’t aged well. But it also helped the series acknowledge a future devoid of contemporary hang-ups and prejudices around sexuality. Regardless, the first wave of Trek movies and TV shows focused on PG content and kid-safe themes. Sex was relegated to innuendo and suggestion, with romance depicted as reasonably chaste, at least on screen.How a Lower Decks-Style Series Can Enrich the Star Wars Franchise
Star Trek has always had a vigorous if not always healthy approach to sex. Star Trek: The Original Series arrived in the midst of the Swinging Sixties, with second-wave feminism demolishing puritanical stereotypes and the advent of the birth control pill giving women unprecedented control over their bodies. Although Star Trek was created with families in mind, it was often more open about the topic than other shows of the period. That’s carried over into the rest of the franchise, which endeavors to keep up with changing norms, sometimes more successfully than others. Latter-day Star Trek shows have broached the topic more boldly, and taken advantage of more adult themes and ideas. Star Trek: Lower Decks leads the pack on that front, mining humor from the active sex lives of its characters with an explicitness unseen in any of its predecessors.
Despite Lower Decks’ handling of sex, the show has made huge advancements for the asexual community, who have found a lot to relate to in the Star Trek franchise over the years. Previous series have featured characters who aren’t interested in sex and romance, only to muddy those waters by treating them as alien or otherwise outside the norm. For all of Lower Decks’ ribaldry and sexually active characters, at least two of its protagonists are de facto asexual, which it regards as neither unusual nor a “problem” to be solved. The contrast ties into the formula Lower Decks uses for all of its humor by using the circumstances to create the laughs instead of the emotional state. This helped make the franchise’s sexiest show a watershed for asexual representation.
Sex and sexuality came with The Original Series, though its status on network television limited most of it to winks and nudges. That could be a double-edged sword sometimes, especially since James T. Kirk’s womanizing hasn’t aged well. But it also helped the series acknowledge a future devoid of contemporary hang-ups and prejudices around sexuality. Regardless, the first wave of Trek movies and TV shows focused on PG content and kid-safe themes. Sex was relegated to innuendo and suggestion, with romance depicted as reasonably chaste, at least on screen.
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