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The Bechdel Test is a basic gauge to measure women’s relevance to a film’s plot and to assess female presence in Hollywood movies. In order to pass the test…

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Alison Bechdel: In a 1985 strip from Bechdel's long-running comic "Dykes to Watch Out For" one of her characters says she'll only watch a movie if it has at least two female characters in it, who talk to each other about something other than a man. This came to be called the "Bechdel test" -- use it as a quick check to evaluate whether a movie is really concerned with women's lives. (Needless to say, many popular movies still fail completely). Learn more at the click.

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