Surprise! Sexism in Hollywood!

I came across a very interesting article about women and Hollywood, specifically about how female characters are written and portrayed in Hollywood movies.  It’ll be no surprise that film teachers discourage writing female characters that don’t support the lead male character.  She puts forth a "test" that she describes.  It has three steps:

To pass it your movie must have the following:

1) there are at least two named female characters, who

2) talk to each other about

3) something other than a man.

Seems pretty simple, right?  Not really.  I started thinking about my favorite movies and had trouble thinking of ones that fit this bill.  You really should go to her article and read more in-depth about her experience as a female screen writer and how sexism pervades the whole system.