Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Andorians
2. Andorian Women Are Equal To Andorian Men
Although traits such as militarism and a warrior ethos are associated with patriarchal societies, in Andorian culture, men and women have equal status. In Star Trek: Enterprise, the Andorian Imperial Guard was depicted as having a large number of female soldiers just as capable of kicking your sorry pink butt as male soldiers.
In the movie Conan: The Destroyer, Grace Jones's character, Zula, answered Princess Jehnna's question about getting the man she has her heart set on with the now iconic retort, "Grab him! And take him!" Apparently that same logic also applies to intimate relationships in Andorian society. An Andorian woman can initiate an intimate relationship simply by assaulting her desired man. That gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "swipe right".
As mentioned in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Data's Day and the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes Cease Fire, Proving Ground, and Babel One, Andorian weddings require groups of four people. While this might indicate polygamy, it could just as easily mean that the engaged couple, a officiant, and a witness were all that Andorian law and custom requires. The idea of someone like Shran sharing a home with three other Andorian adults is unsettling.