Re: [Gnumed-devel] Kirk afraid of women ?

[James Busser]

On 3-Jan-08, at 6:04 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 11:31:16PM +0100, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:
>
> > Supposedly he is suffering from: Fear of women looking better than  
> > him
> > and it is clinically relevant.
>
> Is that even possible ?

I don't know the character Denny Crane very well, but I am guessing  
that for him, the fear may not not possible (even while, given his  
advancing years,  women *can* actually look better than him).

On the other hand Kirk, while as vain Crane, and *mostly* confident,  
is sometimes allowed to behave in a conflicted and uncertain fashion  
even only when under alien influence. And, of course, he has on at  
least one episode had his body taken over by a woman. Therefore, I  
think this character has the capacity to fear women looking better  
than him. The irony is that he has nothing to fear because, in the  
world inhabited by Kirk, even from the view of "straight" men, it is  
implausible that women could *actually* look better than him. :-)

Even if the fear was normally manageable, and did not normally  
interfere with Kirk's daily functioning, as captain a lot of  
responsibility is carried, entitling Bones to keep an eye on it and  
therefore justifying labeling it clinically relevant.