At 10:39 AM 1/2/01 -0800, Josh wrote:
>I'd suspect it's less intentional than that, though. I, and others whom I
>know are non-religious, spend about 0% of our time worrying about or
>participating in any sort of religion. If writing about people living their
>lives in the future, unless I was intentionally making a point,
That's the way I see it......
>While not trying to defend ST's juvenile portrayal of sexuality, all we can
>truly say is that based on observation, the major characters of all 4 shows
>tend towards being heterosexual. You can't prove a negative assertion with
>evidence. That said, looking a the numbers, it's clearly a biased portrayal.
>An overwhelming number of simple heterosexual relationships have been shown
>explicitly; no simple homosexual relationships have been shown.
It is not clearly biased at all. Even assuming a 10% homosexuality rate,
which I suspect is rather high, that means only one out of every 10
charachters who engage in relationships could be expected to have a
homosexual relationship. Given the number of charachters on a given show,
there is nothing outside reasonable probablility. (This is especial true
if you discount the original series where even if a homosexual relationship
was written, it would certainly never be aired.)
JDG
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