What are your best Bechdel test jokes?
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Linda and Martha are talking. “Have you heard of the Bechdel Test?” asks Linda.
“Yes,” answers Martha. “My boyfriend told me about it.”
The joke revolves around the concept of the Bechdel Test, a measure used to assess the representation of women in fiction. For a work to pass the Bechdel Test, it must feature at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. The irony in the joke arises when Martha, in response to Linda’s question about the Bechdel Test, says, “My boyfriend told me about it.” This means their conversation, which started as a potential pass for the Bechdel Test, ironically fails the test because Martha references a man. The humor emerges from this self-referential and unexpected twist, highlighting the very issue the Bechdel Test seeks to address.
How to pass the Bechdel Test?
“Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt.”
Two women walk into a bar…
And talk about the Bechdel test.