Final Fantasy Sexism Part I: Why It Matters

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

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Originally Posted by Gu-fu-fu

A game or movie can fail the Bechdel Test and still not be sexist in my opinion.

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I agree with this. It's one factor to consider among others, and as you said is most useful in looking at trends across an entire industry. I only mentioned it as it is somewhat related to a broader application of sexism that I introduced and will be using to analyze the Final Fantasy series: the frequent dependence of female characters on male characters for relevance.

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how come no one has come up with a more universal test (other than the "gut" test)?

Probably because the woman who created the Bechdel Test is too busy gossiping and getting her nails done to come up with a new one.

(SPOILER)See what I did there? :p