This is why Sweden is one of the most awesomest country in the world ever! Cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias. To get rated A, the movie must pass the simple Bechdel test, meaning that a movie must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man! As simple as that sounds, most movies ever made fail the test miserably. If this system was introduced in India, almost no movie would ever pass it! Beliefs about womens roles in society are influenced by the fact that movie watchers rarely see a female superhero or a female professor or person who makes it through exciting challenges and masters them, Tejle said, noting that the rating doesnt say anything about the quality of the film. The goal is to see more female stories and perspectives on cinema screens, he added. theguardian/world/2013/nov/06/swedish-cinemas-bechdel-test-films-gender-bias
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:42:18 +0000
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