The Bechdel Test, or Bechdel-Wallace Test, sometimes called the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule is a simple test which names the following three criteria: (1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man. The test was popularized by Alison Bechdel's comic, the name of which Google won't let me put on this page for inciting hate, in a 1985 strip called The Rule. For a nice video introduction to the subject please check out The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies on feministfrequency.com.
![[[1]]](/static/nopass.png "[There are two or more women in this movie, but they don't talk to each other]")
![[[3]]](/static/pass.png "[There are two or more women in this movie and they talk to each other about something other than a man]")
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