Gender in pop culture
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Bechdel test
Is there more than one woman in the story, and are they more than foils to the male characters? Pretty rare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
Preponderance of Males in non-human movies?
- Aliens in the Attic, 2009
- 4 main aliens male, even though cast is 7 women and 8 men.
- Shrek, 2001
- 2 main characters male, all supporting characters besides Fiona male.
Recognizable characters from fiction
- Shrek
- Shrek
- Donkey
- Puss in Boots, Shrek III, 2007
- Fiona
- Charlie's Angels
- Natalie
- Dylan
- Alex
- Bosley
- Charlie
- Twilight
- Bella
- Jacob
- Edward
- Harry Potter
- Harry
- Ron
- Hermione
- Dumbledore
- Snape
- Pulp Fiction
- Vincent Vega
- Jules Winnfield
- Star Wars
- Obi-Wan
- Anakin
- Luke
- Leia
- Qui Gon
- Han Solo
- Chewbacca
- R2-D2
- C-3PO
- Darth Vader
- Lando Calrissian
- Yoda
- Padmé
- Count Dooku
- Palpatine
- Lord of the Rings
- Sam
- Frodo
- Gandalf
- Merry
- Pippin
- Bilbo
- Aragorn
- Arwen
- Galadriel
- Elrond
- Legolas
- Gimli
- Boromir
- Faramir
- Saruman
- Sauron
- Smeagol
- Theoden
- Denethor
- Eomer
- Eowyn
- Grima Wormtongue
