Star Trek: 10 Species Who Need To Get With The Times

10. The Ferengi

The Ferengi are a notoriously hyper-capitalist society. They also have an incredibly sexist history of banning women from wearing clothes or participating in their society at all. They didn't even invent warp drive themselves, instead purchasing the technology from someone else.

The Ferengi absolutely bear mentioning here, but, unlike some of the others we're going to be talking about, the Ferengi actually became much more progressive towards the end of the 24th century.

Quark and Rom's mother, Ishka kickstarted a revolution in Ferengi society when she began helping Grand Nagus Zek run the Ferengi economy, as his mind was slowly slipping from his old age. She stood up to sexist Ferengi customs by wearing clothes and participating in business, and worked to change her society for the better. Later, thanks to her input, Zek appointed her son, Rom, as the new Grand Nagus, who, along with his wife Leeta, further pushed the Ferengi people towards equality, and even future membership in the Federation.

By the time we saw Ferenginar in Lower Decks, their society was still toxically dominated by corporations, but they were getting better and gender equality was becoming much more normalised. Besides, on this list we've got bigger fish to fry…