Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas? The Bechdel Test, highlights gender-bias in film, how do Slashers fare against it?
The Bechdel test is a rule devised to demonstrate the gender-bias of the film industry as a whole. A person following the rule will refuse to watch a film that does not past the test:
- That two or more named females talk about something other than a man.
The rule points out that film is dominated by male characters, to the point where some films can fail even the first part (by not having two named female characters) and that even when there are female character, they exist only to support (and thus only talk about) the male character(s).
