I’ve added a little “equalizer” test for males…
I recently just heard about the Bechdel test. As an active feminist, I am surprised I’m the last to know about this examination. I heard about this test when I was in a debate about whether Frozen was a feminist movie or not. I was told, “At least the movie passed the Bechdel test”.
The Bechdel Test was a short, three-step test designed in the 1980’s by cartoonist and feminist Alison Bechdel. She had a character in her comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For, that presented the idea. The character said she would not go to the movies if the movies were missing certain standards. These were the following requirements:
1) It has to have at least two women in it who…
2) Talk to Each Other About…
3) Something Besides a Man
Later someone added a fourth requirement:
4) The women must be named characters
I know…
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