Chloe liked Olivia

When we read A Room of One's Own the section that brought up how revolutionary it was that "Chloe liked Olivia" made me think of the Bechdel Movie Test. The Bechdel Movie test is a test that assess the precence of women in movies. There are three rule for a movie to pass the Bechdel Test: 1. There must be two women in it (with names), 2. these women must speak to eachother, 3. they must speak to eachother about anythng other than a man. The test seems simple enough to pass, but it's surprising how many movies, including famous and contemporary, fail the test. 

Here is a video by feministfrequency about the Bechdel Test:

And here is a link to an article by Ross McGuinness for metro.co.uk about the test: The Bechdel test and why Hollywood is a man’s, man’s, man’s world.

I think it would be interesting to see how this test applys to our favorite books. Should the rules be tweeked for a literature course or would the test show similar results as they are?