The reason for this thesis was that the movie industry seems to have no space for women socializing with each other on screen. Sweden is the first country drawing attention to this fact with the help of the Bechdel test, which points out if a movie has (1) at least two named women in it, (2) who talk to each other, (3) about something besides men.
Germany has not introduced the Bechdel test to its cinemas. That is why this paper deals with the problem statement:
To what extent can the Bechdel test regarding gender equality in movies be applied to the German cinema?
The research questions focus on the terminology of the Bechdel test and the cultural analysis of Sweden and Germany in order to understand why Sweden has introduced the Bechdel …show more content…
The movies that were analysed by the Bechdel test did not lack of strong female characters, like for example “M” in James Bond 007: Skyfall. The movie-list lacks of interaction between two women. The character ”M” for one is defined by James Bond and is only related to the action hero (Hönicke, 2013). These facts result in the assumption that movie characters are not represented as humans but as men and women serving the most common stereotypes. Male characters define female characters in movies (Sarkeesian, 2009). However, the stated facts are facing critical voices as the movie branch is considered as art and words like “feminism” and “gender equality” do not belong in an artistic field (Hönicke, 2013). The chief of film critic of the Telegraph, Robbie Collins, for example argued that the Bechdel test damages the way we think about film (Collins, 2013). The damage includes the fact that the Bechdel test does not present movie quality as well as it is a kind of censorship to movies. The test does not focus on changing movies in general because it is only applied on already existing and published movies (Hemmes, …show more content…
228-283).
Sweden scores with a 29 and thereby is considered to have a low preference for avoiding uncertainty and a very relaxed attitude towards the future and what might happen (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 194).
Pragmatism
The dimension of pragmatism describes how society connects with its past while dealing with the future (Hofstede, Lokales Denken, globales Handeln, 2005, S. 289-329).
Sweden scores 53, which is the middle of the scores and means that the Swedish do not have a strong direction in this dimension (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 256).
Indulgence
The dimension of indulgence describes the extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses (Hofstede, Lokales Denken, globales Handeln, 2005, S. 335-381).
Sweden scores with 78, which makes it an indulgent culture meaning that the people have relatively weak control (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 282). This also means that the Swedish people wish to enjoy their lives and have fun. They are perceived as optimistic and leisure time and money spending seem to be of high importance (IFIM,
Germany has not introduced the Bechdel test to its cinemas. That is why this paper deals with the problem statement:
To what extent can the Bechdel test regarding gender equality in movies be applied to the German cinema?
The research questions focus on the terminology of the Bechdel test and the cultural analysis of Sweden and Germany in order to understand why Sweden has introduced the Bechdel …show more content…
The movies that were analysed by the Bechdel test did not lack of strong female characters, like for example “M” in James Bond 007: Skyfall. The movie-list lacks of interaction between two women. The character ”M” for one is defined by James Bond and is only related to the action hero (Hönicke, 2013). These facts result in the assumption that movie characters are not represented as humans but as men and women serving the most common stereotypes. Male characters define female characters in movies (Sarkeesian, 2009). However, the stated facts are facing critical voices as the movie branch is considered as art and words like “feminism” and “gender equality” do not belong in an artistic field (Hönicke, 2013). The chief of film critic of the Telegraph, Robbie Collins, for example argued that the Bechdel test damages the way we think about film (Collins, 2013). The damage includes the fact that the Bechdel test does not present movie quality as well as it is a kind of censorship to movies. The test does not focus on changing movies in general because it is only applied on already existing and published movies (Hemmes, …show more content…
228-283).
Sweden scores with a 29 and thereby is considered to have a low preference for avoiding uncertainty and a very relaxed attitude towards the future and what might happen (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 194).
Pragmatism
The dimension of pragmatism describes how society connects with its past while dealing with the future (Hofstede, Lokales Denken, globales Handeln, 2005, S. 289-329).
Sweden scores 53, which is the middle of the scores and means that the Swedish do not have a strong direction in this dimension (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 256).
Indulgence
The dimension of indulgence describes the extent to which people try to control their desires and impulses (Hofstede, Lokales Denken, globales Handeln, 2005, S. 335-381).
Sweden scores with 78, which makes it an indulgent culture meaning that the people have relatively weak control (Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations, 2010, S. 282). This also means that the Swedish people wish to enjoy their lives and have fun. They are perceived as optimistic and leisure time and money spending seem to be of high importance (IFIM,