The Bechdel’s test is a method that evaluates the gender gap in films, television series and other artistic productions, and serves to highlight the scarce female presence in the audiovisual industry† It is an undemanding evaluation, but nevertheless the small number of productions that have passed it throughout history is striking. The criteria for overcoming it are four: that at least two female characters appear, that they have their own names, that they talk to each other, and that the conversation is about something other than a man.
The popular culture and television in particular play an important role in perpetuating and reinforcing the ideas, practices and beliefs that shape our daily lives. In this way, most stereotypes who are part of our society have seen amplified and amplified, since forever, through the screens† However, the movements follow Me, too Yes Time is upMainly promoted and supported by famous faces in Hollywood, there is one increase in the production of television series with a pronounced feminist characteras well as a shift in discourse that is gradually ridding itself of toxic sexist stories in areas such as sentimental relationships, sex, friendship, and masculinity.
The simplest definition of feminism is that it is about the search for the gender equality† When we think of the traditional television roles From the women of half a century ago, we imagine many loving housewives whose life purpose is to provide for the needs of their husbands and their families.
In this sense, the golden girls proved in the mid-1980s that grown women can lead a successful series in rush hour and make it a television classic. its creator Susan Harris achieved, through the characters of Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophiathat the world is rethinking the treatment of older single women who, surprisingly!, didn’t stop worrying about their careers or good sex just because they crossed the 50-year mark.
This was only a first step and luckily times are changing, although we know there is still a long way to go. There are currently plenty of TV series starring women that have a wide variety of characters and stories that pretend to represent the wide existing social diversity. Ultimately, these are proposals that appeal to the female empowermentwith characters that we can easily identify with, with their own names, who practice sisterhood and who do not advocate (only) for men.
East historical drama from TVE is planning making the role of women visible in the 1920swhile putting some in the spotlight sexist behavior which have not changed to this day. The story is set in a girls’ school in Seville, run by a woman, Manuela (Macarena Garcia), who one day welcomes a new teacher, Teresa (Patricia Lopez-Arnaiz), who arrives with some very cross-border ideas that will revolutionize all the residents of the school.
Is dystopian tragedy follow June (Elizabeth Moss), a woman of childbearing age who is forced to be the concubine to one of the leaders of Gilead, a dictatorial regime that has ended democracy in the United States. After she was separated from her daughter and her husband, June he attempts to reunite with them through a series of escape attempts.
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood† The Handmaid’s Tale thought-provoking by focusing on many of the gender inequality we still need to address in real life, while performing a cruel criticism of totalitarian systems† Available on HBO.
Lena Dunham shows numerous painful truths from a woman’s life millennial (female millennial privileged, yes, because she lives in Brooklyn). Of the difficulty finding a job that makes it possible to reach the end of the month when the university ends, until situations of inequality and sexual harassmentmore or less veiled, which the main quartet regularly encounters. Available on HBO.
This is the story of Phyllis Schlaflythe woman who most actively opposed the Equal Rights Amendment, which would guarantee the same legal rights to all Americans, regardless of gender. Starring Cate Blanchettdespite the fact that his character is against achieving this equality, because Mrs America parade many other relevant women who fought for this advance during the second wave feminism of the story: Gloria Steinem† Shirley Chisholm Yes Betty Friedan they relentlessly confronted Schlafly’s anti-feminist rhetoric. Available on HBO.
Grace and Frankie – played by Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, actresses with over 40 years of experience – are two grown women who see their lives blown up after their respective husbands leave them to start a gay relationship between them. Forced to live together in the beach house these two married couples shared, Grace and Frankie become the most important mutual support in their search for a new life after marriage (this includes love and work), as they deal with the ups and downs of this forced friendship. Available on Netflix.
Created and played by Michaela Colemotion icon Me, too in the UK, this series directly and provocatively addresses the issue of: sexual consent nowadays. Available on HBO.
From the creator of Gilmore Girls† Amy Sherman-Palladino† The wonderful Mrs. Maisel is a comedy starring a Jewish housewife in 1950s New York who discovers she has a… great talent for comic monologues as soon as her husband decides to leave her overnight. Faced with his family and social conventions, Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel it will prove, and it will prove, that the sky is the limit when it comes to fulfilling dreams, even though you are a woman and your place should be within the four walls of your home. A journey of self discovery which begins when his seeming “perfect life” disappears never to return. Available on Prime Video.
As in the case of the other look† the thread girls It also takes place in the 1920s, but this time the main stage is Madrid, where the protagonists, who come from different parts of the country, converge. Lidia, Carlota, Marga, Sara and Angeles They come to the capital to work as a switchboard operator. However, their economic independence It will only be the first step to fulfill your dreams. Available on Netflix.
This four-episode miniseries tells the inspiring story of Madame CJ Walkera pioneering African-American businesswoman – played by octavia spencer – That built a beauty empire and became America’s first female millionaire when it seemed like everything was against him. Available on Netflix.
Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), host of a morning TV talk show, is accused of sexual harassment and is immediately fired. This has a major impact on the audience of the program and directly on alex charge (Jennifer Aniston), his partner of more than 15 years, who must fight to keep his job in a major newsroom as his rivalry with Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon), who aspires to her position, is growing by the moment.
Source: Marie Claire
