The Test that Many Films Do Not Pass: This Is How Gender Equality Is Measured in Cinema

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For its 2026 edition, the Reims Pop Woman Festival celebrates the Bechdel test, which shows the lack of women's performances in cinema.

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Film is not only analyzed for its artistic quality or its box office success. For decades there have also been tools that allow to evaluate how women are represented in stories. Some of the best known are the Bechdel Test, the Sexy Lamp Test and the Mako Mori Test, three methods that help to detect gender gaps in movies.Continue reading...