[cardguy]

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Useful Notes: The Bechdel Test
The Bechdel Test, Bechdel-Wallace Test, or the Mo Movie Measurenote , is a sort of litmus test for female presence in fictional media. The test is named for Alison Bechdel, creator of the comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, who made it known to the world with this strip.

In order to pass, the film or show must meet the following criteria:

It includes at least two women,note
who have at least one conversation,note
about something other than a man or men.note

If that sounds to you like a pretty easy standard to meet, try applying the test to the media you consume for a while. There's a good chance you'll be surprised; mainstream media that passes is far less common than you might think.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Us...echdelTest

Just wondering what you guys thought of this? Forget about TV and movies for a second. Is it possible for a woman to have an identity separate from the relationship she is in? Just curious since it seems most conversations women have revolve around their family in some way.

[2Wycked]

My long-winded thoughts on the matter:

http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-24675.html

[Blaster]

Passes the Bechdel Test: http://www.rooshv.com/patricias-smartphone

[Basil Ransom]

My thoughts mirror wycked's - how often is female conversation about something abstract in real life? And if it were, how many women would want to watch that?

[pump_and_romance]

I don't think most guys appreciate how much gossip stimulates female pleasure centers. It's better than porn for them.

[Kabal]

I've alluded to it quite a few times on my posts in this forum, most recently:

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Quite a few women in quantitative/analytics teams sit near me at work.

You'd think at least occasionally I'd overhear a conversation between two women that involved quantitative finance, applied mathematics, and/or statistics. Perhaps once in awhile they want to discuss their go-to optimization methods, or the nuances of different duration calculations?

Nope, it's always about pedicures/manicures, baby showers, weddings, clothes, shoes, and boyfriends/husbands.

In fact, in the middle of the work day, many of them can often be seen brazenly online shopping for shoes, dresses, and accessories.

I suppose they have their male colleagues to do the real work.

This is for the quantitative/analytics chicks, too--the vapidity of the client-side girls goes without saying.

Real life fails the Bechdel Test.

In almost all cases, girls/women really are just vapid slampieces.

[JimNortonFan]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/E...6-05-42-17


"The entire `Lord of the Rings' trilogy, all `Star Wars' movies, `The Social Network,' `Pulp Fiction' and all but one of the `Harry Potter' movies fail this test," said Ellen Tejle, the director of Bio Rio, an art-house movie theater in Stockholm's trendy Sodermalm district.

[Goldin Boy]

Bechdel is a lesbian. She's not attracted to men.

So it seems strange to her that the 98% of straight women actually talk about men and their relationship/problems with them.

Note: This "test" doesn't apply to lesbians talking about their g/f's. It's more solispsism. Nothing to see here.