"It's okay," Adia says quickly, surprised by how much Steve cares. She used to get mad about it, too, at the sexism and misogyny she still has to deal with on occasion, but nowadays her energy is focused mainly on staying alive and safe.

"I think it takes time to undo that kind of thinking. We have a lot of women in our military, and we've had a female president." Who got there because she was the Secretary of Education and the actual president and the rest of his cabinet were slaughtered by Cylons, but whatever. "And plenty of women in all other professions. It's a lot better than it used to be."