# I just realized what passes the Bechdel test **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [June 10, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995 "2022-06-10T18:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995/44 "2022-06-14T00:02:07Z")
Bechdel drawn her seminal cartoon in **1985**. Consider how different the world was then. That we’re even discussing something as basic as two women talking in general conservation should be the only point. There are dozens of shows today with women as producers, writers, and stars, and even many with all-women casts. Huge advances, sure. But looking at the highest grossing movies, i.e. most popular, most seen, and most like what Hollywood wants to make, reveals that women are usually at most mixed into a large ensemble cast, still interacting mostly with the male leads rather than one another. Look at this post I made in the “How ‘woke’ are movies really” thead. > [@How "woke" are movies really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-woke-are-movies-really/965849): > > People on the internet have been yelling about Hollywood being too woke for what seems like forever. Some even celebrate the Top Gun sequel because of its white maleness. That got me wondering, so I looked up the top 25 movies so far this year on BoxOfficeMojo, all those which have grossed $20 million or more in the U.S. These are the results, with my comments on who the star(s) is. |1|Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness| - straight white male |2|The Batman| - straight white male |3|… I’m sure that many of those movies pass the Bechdel test, but that’s not obvious from their descriptions. It takes an absolute female-starring film like Wonder Woman to be obvious. That’s why it’s still a thing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-what-passes-the-bechdel-test/965995)._