I don’t know the context, but it seems aggressive so I’d guess not? Slut being used as a derogatory term for a woman who has a lot of sex (with men? Don’t think I’ve heard it used to describe a lesbian?) therefore they’re discussing men in a way?
i feel like i need to clarify at large that this was a joke intended for an audience of like 20 people. i know what the bechdel test is and was speaking ironically but thank you everyone
My wife had me read one of her smut novels recently. One thing it taught me is that women authors write men waaaay better than male authors write women. Also, I learned that I enjoy reading my wife's smut novels.
and I think the whole test is incredibly arbitrary. low or high bar regardless.
you really could have a very detailed moment of the feminine experience and not have it pass the Bechtel test. I think you could probably write a whole book
It's not a test you use on any specific movie, it's a hypothetical to frame a reality of the film industry. Ask yourself *if* we used that test, what % would pass the reverse? What does that say about the structures that fund movies and our cultural interp of gender?
Oh god, I hate this book so much. 😂 The way he writes women (and frankly everyone) is horrendous and then the book is dedicated to his wife fhsjdjsnfkdmf
The betchel test require at least two women having a conversation that is not about men
Slut is a peyorative meaning prostitute, a woman that sells sexual service to men
A bitch in this case is a peyorative meaning a woman that has promiscuous sexual encounters with men
This fails the betchel test .
I hate that I've have actually witnessed "slur" used like a placeholder slur by someone that wanted to use an actual racial slur but didn't want to get in trouble for doing so...
No.
They are talking about sex, and it no doubt implies men, as it is unlikely they are trying to write girls who sleep with girls here (could be wrong, of course, it is taken out of context).
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But my question was is that MEANT to say “Slur” or….
Part of why that test is a pretty dumb way to gauge a piece of media.
I dunno really.
I mean, The Immitation Game that celebrates one of the formoest women in computer science. that helped Turing... but that fails the bechdel test.
i say treat the test with a grain of salt.
BUT there are films that have a legitimate reason that they fail it, and just because a film fails it doesn’t mean it is automatically a bad film.
you really could have a very detailed moment of the feminine experience and not have it pass the Bechtel test. I think you could probably write a whole book
who makes the call? why? Didacticism is arguably the death of art.
Slut is a peyorative meaning prostitute, a woman that sells sexual service to men
A bitch in this case is a peyorative meaning a woman that has promiscuous sexual encounters with men
This fails the betchel test .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1bb_Pfgu-wg
It would be really funny if they weren’t tho.
If so yes.
They are talking about sex, and it no doubt implies men, as it is unlikely they are trying to write girls who sleep with girls here (could be wrong, of course, it is taken out of context).
Also alt-text your posts!
Or if they're both females, while we're at it.