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I've always heard about the "test" but people tend to paint too broad a brush with this and lump everything in. I'm not saying that the movie industry isn't swa
by scld 13y ago
I've always heard about the "test" but people tend to paint too broad a brush with this and lump everything in. I'm not saying that the movie industry isn't swayed one way or another, but it bothers me that there's such a lack of critical thinking when it comes to this "test". It seems to be used as a "sexist barometer" when it's anything but.
For example, a WWII movie will probably not have many scenes with women, especially if the movie concentrates on the battlefield. On the other end, some rom-com might pass the test but be an atrociously stereotypical and offensive movie.
- pspeter3 13y agoIt is definitely more of a heuristic than a test. I think the author tries to get around this by providing more breakdowns based on category. I think an interesting challenge would be training a sentiment analysis algorithm for detecting sexism but I'm not sure how feasible it is for this test.