Bechdel test

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A feminist test for evaluating a work of fiction by whether it contains (1) at least two women (especially, named female characters) (2) who talk to each other (3) about something other than a man.

Related

Similar words

• Bechdel-Wallace test

Origin

• After cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of a 1985 Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip that popularized the test.