Jadzia Dax was a strong character, but not in the way many sci-fi kids would want. So many ``strong women'' in sci-fi are really strong men in women's bodies. (Honestly, much of Kira -- the first officer -- was that way.) Jadzia was very feminine, but not a damsel-in-distress. It wasn't a terribly well fleshed out character (I think that Terry Farrell was probably one of the weakest actors on the show, and I get the feeling she was hard to work with, given her work history), but it was well written for what it was.

There were other women on the show, too, and few were typical sci-fi window dressing. Ezri Dax (who took the place of Jadzia after Terry Farrell left the show), Vedek/Kai Winn (one of the main bad guys, if you want to put it that way), Keiko O'Brien, Casidy Yates, even Leeta, to some extent.