# ST:TOS episode, “What are Little Girls Made Of?” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [February 21, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414 "2021-02-21T23:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TiberiusNeroClaudius)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/21 "2021-02-23T21:43:09Z")
At the time we were very disappointed that Chapel stayed on the Enterprise instead of Andrea. But we didn’t know about Majel Barrett’s unique qualifications. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/22 "2021-02-23T21:55:57Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > I’m talking of the interracial aspect. > > Yes, I know. But non-sexual interracial embraces weren’t forbidden or shocking in the same way that sexual ones were. Yeah, sometimes I can be not too quick. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/23 "2021-02-23T22:05:38Z")
I think that’s a matter of knowledge, not of intelligence. The prohibition wasn’t logical to start with, so the extent of it can’t be derived just from logic. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/24 "2021-02-23T22:14:36Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Damn. No wardrobe malfunction. Point of interest: Sherry Jackson turned 79 last week. [\*wilt\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-8Dm1VThc)_link is to Pacman losing sound; What Exit?_ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/25 "2021-02-23T23:45:07Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I think that’s a matter of knowledge, not of intelligence. The prohibition wasn’t logical to start with, so the extent of it can’t be derived just from logic. Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell _bad_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/26 "2021-02-24T00:10:49Z")
“Now listen to this carefully, Norman. I’m lying.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/27 "2021-02-24T03:18:57Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > I love the idea that you can make a duplicate of somebody by putting them on a spinning turntable. Didn’t Gumby do that once? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/28 "2021-02-24T11:50:14Z")
[Moderating] It’s par for the course, I suppose, to be commenting on the attractiveness of a TV character, but wishing for wardrobe malfunctions is a bit tackier than the tone we’re aiming for here. And no, using the adjective “tacky” in connection with double-sided tape wasn’t an intentional pun, but I’ll leave it in anyway. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/29 "2021-02-24T12:26:37Z")
**Modhat** : No more Rickrolling like video links please. We don’t want to encourage this at all. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/30 "2021-02-24T12:31:04Z")
It probably was considered somewhatdaring at the time to have a white woman and a black woman be close enough friends for that kind of friendly kiss to occur - but not as fainting couch-worthy as male and female characters kissing (as in Plato’s Stepchildren). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414/31 "2021-02-24T14:48:41Z")
> [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](#): > > But we didn’t know about Majel Barrett’s unique qualifications. What? Banging the boss? Because it certainly wasn’t her acting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-episode-what-are-little-girls-made-of/933414.md?page=1)