Women of Star Trek Voyager Breaking Stereotypes In Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: Voyager, we finally see women take center stage for the first time, unlike the previous series, reversing the situation on all other traditional films. male-dominated television shows. Voyager as a whole can be used as a model for writers and producers to follow in properly portraying women. In doing so, we would begin to change the way young women view these positive role models and strive for higher goals, thereby implementing the goals envisioned by Gene Roddenberry in 1966. I would use several articles and publications to showing how Star Trek Voyager, if used as a model, would have a profound impact on the way women are represented in the entertainment industry. One of the articles I would use is CK Asselin's article "MY TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN OF STAR TREK: VOYAGER" to introduce the characters and give some background information on who they are and how they are portrayed. Asselin gives a strange description of each character allowing the new viewer to become familiar with who the characters are and what their traits are. Asselin compares and contrasts the women of Star Trek with the women of other series that also have a strong female cast. In the very first episode, we discover a new type of captain, a woman. Captain Kathryn Janeway appears on screen as a respected authority figure. The character of Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, is often compared to her male counterparts of the past, as Asselin observed in his article: "Some Trek fans tend to compare Janeway to Kirk, Picard, and Sisko. I think this is unfair and out of character. Kathryn Janeway is a woman in charge, NOT a woman trying to make a...... middle of paper ...... one g of butterfly wings can potentially start a hurricane halfway around the world. If we apply chaos theory to women on television, a small change now in how we portray women will have a profound impact on how our children grow up. " Trek Nation - Trek Today, February 22, 2001. Web. April 20, 2014. Blumenstein, Rebecca. "Women in Economics (A Special Report) --- Life Imitates Art: Geena Davis Explains How the "Gender inequality in television and movies has a powerful impact on children." Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition ed. April 11, 2011. ProQuest. Internet. April 19, 2014 Gardner, Marilyn, editor of The Christian,Science Monitor. “Older Women on Television Are Either Absent or Sadly Demeaned.” The Christian Science Monitor (full text before 1997): May 13, 23, 1996. ProQuest Internet.. 2014