{"id":16,"date":"2005-10-16T18:20:07","date_gmt":"2005-10-16T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=16"},"modified":"2005-10-16T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2005-10-16T17:20:07","slug":"badrepwiki-the-bechdel-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2005\/10\/16\/badrepwiki-the-bechdel-test\/","title":{"rendered":"BadRep Reference Post: The Bechdel Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a backdated post for our writers to refer to.<\/em><\/p>\n

To pass the Bechdel Test, a work must:-<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Have at least two women in it-<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. who talk to each other-<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. About something other than a man.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some commentators will stipulate that the women named in 1. must be named characters<\/strong>, and some will add to 3. that the women must not be talking about babies or pregnancy, either.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The test was first mentioned by Alison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For<\/em>. She gives the credit for\u00a0the idea to her friend, Liz Wallace.<\/p>\n

The test is not the final word on whether a work is feminist or not – the work does not become ‘feminist’ merely by passing this test. Rather, the number of works which do not pass the test<\/em> are a measure of how uninterested a culture is in women and their stories.<\/p>\n

A.K.A. the Mo Movie Measure or the Bechdel-Wallace Test.<\/p>\n

Some links:
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