Does your favourite film pass the sexism test?

In Sweden, a new ratings system has been introduced to highlight gender bias in film.
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Image: A League of Their Own passes with flying colours.

Lord of the Rings fails miserably, The Hunger Games passes with flying colours and The Social Network should just give up altogether.  

The Bechdel test, named after a cartoon by Alison Bechdal, rates films, books and other works of fiction based on gender representation. In order to get an A rating, a work must have at least two named female characters who talk about something other than a man.

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Sarah Adams
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Sarah Adams is a media, film and television junkie. She is the former deputy editor of ArtsHub Australia and now works in digital communications - telling research stories across multiple platforms - in the higher education sector. Follow her @sezadams