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单词 bechdel test
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Bechdel testn.

Brit. /ˈbɛkdəl ˌtɛst/, U.S. /ˈbɛkdəl ˌtɛst/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Bechdel , test n.1
Etymology: < the name of Alison Bechdel (b. 1960), American cartoonist + test n.1Compare the earlier evidence for Alison Bechdel test in quot. 2005. Also sometimes called the Bechdel-Wallace test : see explanation in quot. 2011.2005 _swallow in A. Bechdel dykestowatchoutfor.com 16 Aug. (comment on blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 5 May 2006) I took the meme to college, where my friends now say, ‘That movie didn't pass the Alison Bechdel test’.2011 New Yorker 11 Apr. 55/1 The Bechdel Test, established in 1985 by the cartoonist Alison Bechdel and her friend Liz Wallace, is a way of examining movies for gender bias.
An informal method of evaluating whether or not a film or other fictional work portrays women in a way that marginalizes them or which exhibits sexism or gender stereotyping.For a work to pass the Bechdel test, three criteria must be satisfied: (1) there must be at least two (named) women; (2) the women must talk to each other; and (3) they must talk about something other than a man.
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2007 A. Marcotte It's Jungle out There viii. 215 The rule is in turns called the Bechdel Test or the Mo Movie Measure, after the comic strip artist Alison Bechdel and her most famous comic creation.
2009 Irish Times 26 June b10/1 (heading) How many movies feature women talking to each other about topics other than men? That is the standard set by the ‘Bechdel test’. Few films pass.
2016 H. Bourne How Hard can Love Be? xiii. 171 ‘Who were those fit guys we saw?’ she demanded. But Evie interrupted her. ‘Bechdel test,’ she yelled.
2017 G. Bond Lois Lane: Triple Threat 235 ‘Just FYI,’ I said,..‘we are not going to become people who only talk about guys. Our friendship will always pass the Bechdel-Wallace test.’
2017 A. Shabbar in A. M. Savage Women's Rights v. 158 The Bechdel Test is useful because it helps point out that the lack of relevant and meaningful roles of women in mainstream media is a systemic issue and reoccurring pattern.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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