That's how I read them, too. But my colleague watched the trailer with me and was surprised they were n't more buff and masculine, because that's his read on the character. He thought Murderbot thought like a guy.

I think its great people can have such connection to a character but wildly different interpretations of whatb they look like!

There was one study I vaguely remember reading of, where tagged birds of a certain species were seen as more desirable mates. So the scientists had to change their tagging style. They'd accidentally invented a new bird fashion.

Look up Curtis Yarvin - he and JD Vance are both sponsored by Peter Theil. And Yarvin's "philosophy" is basically pretending that CEO kings running their own fiefdoms is the best form of politics.