{"id":868,"date":"2007-10-25T07:39:54","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T12:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/wp\/?p=868"},"modified":"2007-10-25T07:39:54","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T12:39:54","slug":"spock-and-saavik-braveheart-and-boudica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Spock and Saavik, Braveheart and Boudica"},"content":{"rendered":"

A study<\/a> by Yale post-doc Victoria Brescoll is being spun as a cautionary tale for certain women in politics.
\nAccording to Dr. Brescoll’s research, men are rewarded for being angry at work, while women are penalized.
\nThis is a variation on the theme that women aren’t supposed to cry, either, particularly in a “professional” setting.
\nOn the other hand, if a woman is self-controlled, she’s seen as a malevolent automaton, capable of who knows what, the lurid and unsubstantiated allegations about Vince Foster’s death being one example.
\nIn the film “The Wrath of Khan”, the half Vulcan\/half Romulan character Saavik captured the public’s imagination because of her stoicism, made palatable (even adorable) by her youthful, exotic looks.
\nThis is in contrast to failed attempts to popularize warrior women like Boudica, who has been betrayed as fierce, angry and (the greatest sin of all) an effective leader.
\nIt seems we’ll have to wait until Stardate 8130.4 for the kind of tolerance, humility and understanding reflected in Spock and Saavik’s famous dialog<\/a> from “The Wrath of Khan”:
\nSaavik: Gishen worla ihk-banut<\/em>
\n(Admiral Kirk is) not what I expect
\nSpock: Wakli ak’wikman – ot-lan?<\/em>
\nWhat surprises you, lieuenant?
\nSaavik: Ish-veh ni komihn<\/em>
\nHe’s so human
\nSpock: Kling akhlami buhfik – Saavik-kam<\/em>
\nNobody’s perfect, Saavik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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