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Explaining the "No Female Captains" thing.
By Darth Brooks

All it takes to explain how there are female starship captains in the mid-22nd century but not in the mid-23rd is a little imagination.

It's entirely possible that that reason for the "no female captains" rule is diplomatic or scientific rather than chauvanistic.

One off-the-cuff example:

Federation scientists determine that the vast majority of alien species in the galaxy have not yet achieved the level of gender-equality enjoyed by the member species of the Federation; therefore, unfortunately, dealing with these aliens necessitates a male captain. The Federation doesn't discriminate against women, but they are smack dab in the middle of a galaxy that does. Therefore, with new species being encountered every day and an unusually high incidence of attacks of Starfleet ships with female captains (through no fault of their own), Starfleet has to put a hold on new female captaincies until such time as it can be determined how to overcome this problem.

Make no mistake - we're trying to explain an ideoligical difference between the 1960's and the 2000's within the context of two TV shows that both take place in the future... but my policy has always been: rather than throw my hands up in the air over minor continuity matters like this, if I can come up with one reasonable explanation as to how the continuity break can make sense, it's one I can forgive.

-DB

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