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Bechdel Test

Bechdel/Wallace Test

Test if a fictional work features at least two women who discuss something other than a man.

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Inception

1985
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Circa

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Present in Work

Has Part(s)

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Reverse Bechdel Test

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Considering Named and Unnamed Characters
Feminism
Representation Test
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel
Feminist Film Theory
A Room of One's Own
Dykes to Watch Out For
 (1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Criterion Used
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Gender Binary
Geek Heroines: An Encyclopedia of Female Heroes in Popular Culture
Language of Work or Name
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English
Page(s)
:327
Chapter
:Glossary of Key Terms