Whew, meant to do this earlier. Well in any case, I don't read a whole lot of science fiction, but I thought ST was very interesting. I agree that woman were placed on pedestals as something to fight for, but I did not get the feeling that they were any less important or empowered than the men were. With all of the power, and yes danger included in the position of being a ship's captain, the woman captain have their fair share of the cake. I think however that the purpose behind having the woman aboard did go beyond their abilities as pilots.

DOES THIS WORK?

Kidding. I just finished Starship Troopers, and was favorably impressed compared to the movie. All I had remembered from the movie was a basic action movie set in space. The book was clearly far deeper.

Interestingly enough, there seems to be a large amount of race and gender interplay in Starship Troopers. Females being better pilots stood out from the beginning, and then there were numerous references to women as part of the reason why the M. I. fought. Interesting.

More to come later?