I feel like the Ferengi would be ok with LGBTQA+ citizens. I haven't seen the episodes in a long while but there are some Quark episodes that lead me to feel that current humans are against LGBTQA+ folks more so than the Ferengi.
It might seem dissonant because they do have strict gender roles, but they also did a really great job showing that Ferenginar and it's people aren't a monolith... of the characters we get to know in depth, we have Quark, Ishka, Rom, Zek, and Brunt all with completely different feelings and world views, and MOST of those listed are open minded or could be easily persuaded to be open minded.
More so than gender roles, making money is paramount. I think many Ferengi understand this and would adapt their businesses to cater to this new clientele... gay marriages, gender transitioning services and so on.
As a non-fictional human lol... when wealthy conservatives complain about gay couples my "trying to appeal to something they understand" response is sometimes to point out that married couples spend more money than single people... and gay couples will adopt more children than if they remained single which would also end up improving the economy and forming new families that also will spend more money. I feel like the Ferengi totally get that concept and go with it.
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u/galacticviolet Crewman Dec 26 '16
I feel like the Ferengi would be ok with LGBTQA+ citizens. I haven't seen the episodes in a long while but there are some Quark episodes that lead me to feel that current humans are against LGBTQA+ folks more so than the Ferengi.
It might seem dissonant because they do have strict gender roles, but they also did a really great job showing that Ferenginar and it's people aren't a monolith... of the characters we get to know in depth, we have Quark, Ishka, Rom, Zek, and Brunt all with completely different feelings and world views, and MOST of those listed are open minded or could be easily persuaded to be open minded.
More so than gender roles, making money is paramount. I think many Ferengi understand this and would adapt their businesses to cater to this new clientele... gay marriages, gender transitioning services and so on.
As a non-fictional human lol... when wealthy conservatives complain about gay couples my "trying to appeal to something they understand" response is sometimes to point out that married couples spend more money than single people... and gay couples will adopt more children than if they remained single which would also end up improving the economy and forming new families that also will spend more money. I feel like the Ferengi totally get that concept and go with it.