The Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test is a way to interpret the representation of women in movies that are fiction. In order to pass this test, the three questions a movie must answer are whether or not there are at least two women in the movie that have names, do they talk to each other, and do they talk to each other about something other than men. Therefore, Rioux’s article does pass this test because it explains how the novel “Little Women” portrays the way girls act and even how girls have conversations about something other than boys, which automatically passes the test. Even boys can read it also, so it is not gender specific in any way. This advocates as well as Davis’s speech that women in general need to have more of an influence in society and the opportunities should arise in order to be just as successful as men.