Posted: Apr 25, 2017 3:52 pm
PensivePenny wrote:Female officers are referred to as "sir." Later, mid-season Voyager (I think) they finally learn that there is nothing demeaning about the title "ma'am."
Voyager opens with this:
JANEWAY: Come in.
(Paris and Kim enter.)
JANEWAY: Gentlemen, welcome aboard Voyager.
KIM: Thank you, sir.
JANEWAY: Mister Kim, at ease before you sprain something. Ensign, despite Starfleet protocol, I don't like being addressed as sir.
KIM: I'm sorry, ma'am.
JANEWAY: Ma'am is acceptable in a crunch, but I prefer Captain. We're getting ready to leave. Let me show you to the bridge.
http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/101.htm
I also prefer Captain.