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The Bechdel Test is a sort of litmus test for female presence in fictional media. Typical questions for this tag are along the lines of "Does X pass the Bechdel test?". The test's three criteria are: 1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it 2. Who talk to each other 3. About something besides a man

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Do Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion pass the Bechdel test?

I don't have a copy of the movie, or the book, so I can't verify it, but according to the comments on this page, it appears that "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" does pass the Bechdel test: Re …
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