Bechdel Test: A Way To Analyze Hollywood Movies

The Bechdel test a way to analyze Hollywood movies to see if they show a “satisfactory” female presence. The Bechdel test consists of the following criteria: the movie includes at least two women, who have a least one conversation, about something other than a man or men. This seems like a pretty easy test to pass; however, a lot of movies actually don’t pass this test, even today. This test is really important because, in my opinion, seeing equality in things like Hollywood movies might actually help promote the equality of women and men in regular, everyday life. Also, this test is important because it helps show young women and girls that it is okay not to talk about men all of the time. I think it shows that women can have a real life …show more content…
She obviously has no chance because he is gay, but she does not know this. I think he was an amazing friend to her before he started struggling with his sexuality, but as he keeps struggling he does not treat her very nicely. In the first reading, it states, “When a teenage girl picks up a paperback romance novel and begins to read, she reads about a young heroine, alone in the world and without the strength of family or friends, but with inner strength and spunk and a perfect beauty of which she alone is ignorant. The hero is rugged and handsome, and throughout the course of the story and their developing relationship, changes from an uncaring, even verbally or physically abusive character initially, to a nurturing, caring, and affectionate lover by the story’s end, punctuated in their final reconciliation and declarations of love” (Articulating Meaning, page 239). I think these two can be connected because she sees him as this romance character; she thinks that once they realize their undying love for each other, everything will fall into place and they will have the perfect relationship. I think this is the first problem of it failing the Bechdel test: the female character only ever thinks about the male