Science fiction books can inspire more children to become scientists if authors and illustrators do a better job of depicting characters from diverse backgrounds.
At least two women are in it
Who talk to each other
About something besides a man
It was a simple enough concept but something about it stuck and thus, the Bechdel test was born.
Though her name is attributed to the test, Alison Bechdel likes to point out that the idea behind it came from her friend Liz Wallace, who mentioned the three rules when Bechdel was looking for ideas for her comic strip. I have to confess, I stole this whole thing from a friend of mine at the time because I didn t have an idea for my strip. My friend Liz Wallace . said, I ll only see a movie if it has at least two women in it who talk to each other about something besides a man, she said in an interview.