In her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, Allison Bechdel laid out a criteria that determined whether women mattered in a film.
'The Rule', Dykes to Watch Out For, 1985, Allison Bechdel
To pass the test a movie has to:
1. Have (at least) two women in it
2. The women talk to each other
3. The women talk about something other than men
Think about the last time a movie satisfied the Bechdel Test.
Perhaps it's time we start demanding more from our scriptwriters and filmmakers.
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