Quote Originally Posted by JadedDM View Post
It reminds me of something I once heard, that Roddenberry had to fight to have women crewmen and officers on the Enterprise for the original Star Trek. Executives were worried that audiences might conclude if there were women on board a starship, they might be engaging in hanky-panky!
You might also notice the unusual lack of bathrooms on many shows from the 50s and early 60s. People might have thought TV characters excreted bodily waste had they shown something as uncouth as a toilet!

- M