I had actually forgotten that this episode starts with the idea that Scotty (who, ever after this, was the soul of courtesy to just about everybody, male or female) is going through a misogyny streak because of an error that happened to be committed by a female crewperson. This is one of those plots that probably felt much more realistic in the 60s, when women were still not really allowed on combat ships in the real Navy and writers felt it necessary to call out women as crew as something relatively new ("The Cage" is infamous on this point). But it always felt so out of character for SCOTTY to develop a resentment toward ANYONE for just about ANYTHING, let alone a resentment toward all women because a crewperson who messed up and cost him a concussion happened to be a woman.
The saving grace, perhaps, is that Scotty is basically being treated like someone with PTSD (only not called that, yet), and while the treatment in question is, well, questionable, Kirk and McCoy are treating Scotty as a fellow officer and friend who needs help, and they're here to provide it, presumably by reminding Scotty, among other things, that he rather likes women.
The other saving grace is that nothing remotely like this ever shows up in Scotty's personality again. We can wonder at why he seems to have never formed a lasting relationship, but we never see any sign of this dislike of women again.
I had actually forgotten that this episode starts with the idea that Scotty (who, ever after this, was the soul of courtesy to just about everybody, male or female) is going through a misogyny streak because of an error that happened to be committed by a female crewperson. This is one of those plots that probably felt much more realistic in the 60s, when women were still not really allowed on combat ships in the real Navy and writers felt it necessary to call out women as crew as something relatively new ("The Cage" is infamous on this point). But it always felt so out of character for SCOTTY to develop a resentment toward ANYONE for just about ANYTHING, let alone a resentment toward all women because a crewperson who messed up and cost him a concussion happened to be a woman.
The saving grace, perhaps, is that Scotty is basically being treated like someone with PTSD (only not called that, yet), and while the treatment in question is, well, questionable, Kirk and McCoy are treating Scotty as a fellow officer and friend who needs help, and they're here to provide it, presumably by reminding Scotty, among other things, that he rather likes women.
The other saving grace is that nothing remotely like this ever shows up in Scotty's personality again. We can wonder at why he seems to have never formed a lasting relationship, but we never see any sign of this dislike of women again.