Oh, for heaven's sake.

[lizbee]

Whenever I see a comment about how Amy looks like a prostitute in her short skirts, I find myself wondering if this person has ever seen (a) a prostitute or (b) a fashion-conscious girl. 

I mean, seriously.  I was going to post this to whoisms, but I couldn't think of any remark more coherent and thoughtful than, seriously?

Comments

[lilacsigil]

I felt a bit differently about Uhura because that's a uniform and (in TOS) the men didn't have an equivalent (at least until Kirk got in a fight every five minutes and ripped his shirt off). I'm not so sure about the movie, because some women did seem to wear pants. Anyway. Amy isn't in the military or going to a Very Serious Job Interview - she's wearing everyday clothes.

[dancesontrains]

eeee your icon! I want that Barbie so much <3

Also, in the first few eps of TOS, there were ladies wearing trousers. My in-universe explanation for the sudden change is that Kirk time-travelled and fucked up something.

[fyrdrakken]

Aside from the movie, not only did the post-TOS Trek series show many female characters in pantsuit uniforms, but I've heard that TNG was making such an effort at gender-neutrality that in some scenes you could see men in the miniskirt uniforms in the background. I don't recall this personally, but it's been years since I've watched any TNG, and I saw it reported multiple times, so.

[lilacsigil]

I do recall it personally, and it was great! It was only in the early parts of the first season that we saw either gender in the miniskirts, and after that everyone wore the same.