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I like that the movies made her comms officer (eventually) on the Excelsior. Sulu seems like a better captain to serve under than James "why did Starfleet assign me a female yoman" Kirk. What the hell kind of shit is that in the 23rd century?
Probably to highlight exactly that tension on television, which at the time was shocking to people - hence the audience could sympathize, while learning that "hey, women can do this job too... oh yeah, they really can!?๐ก"
He had a female comms officer, why would a female yeoman (an NCO depicted as the captain's PA) seem shocking in that context?
Tbh I have no idea - it was decades before my time. But he did seem to have a problem with her, especially as a woman somehow, right? So that was just my guess as to why, whatever the in-universe explanation may have been.