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The Bechdel test or the Mo-Movie-Measure is a type of litmus test to assess the presence of women in

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movies. It originated from Allison Bechdel's comic "Dykes to Watch out for" in 1985.

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here's how it works

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a movie just has to pass these three simple questions:

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the first, are there two or more women in it who have names?

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second, do they talk to each other?

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and third, do they talk to each other about something other than a man?

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It's quite extraordinary, actually, how many movies don't pass this test

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´Cause it is not even a sign of whether is a feminist movie or whether it's a good movie

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Just that there is female presence in it and that they actually are engaging

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about things other than man.

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To prove that this is actually a systemic problem, not just a few movies

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here and there.

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I'm gonna show you a couple of films that don't pass the test.

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Okay, you get the point.

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This is only just a few films out of the many films that

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don't pass this test.

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When I call it a systemic problem, what I mean by this is that it's not

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just a few people here and there that don't like women

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or don't want women stories told but that rather the entire industry

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is built upon creating films and movies that cater to and that are about men

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Next time you go to the movies

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just ask yourself these few questions

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Are there two or more women in it and do they have names?

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Do they talk to each other?

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And do they talk to each other about something other than a man?