Tuesday 10 December 2013

The Bechdel Test

"The Bechdel test asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. Many contemporary works fail this test of gender bias."

"What is now known as the Bechdel test was introduced in Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. In a 1985 strip titled 'The Rule', an unnamed female character says that she only watches a movie if it satisfies the following requirements:
  • It has to have at least two women in it
  • Who talk to each other
  • About something besides a man"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test

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