Subject: You can also find the opposite in Suefic
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Posted on: 2010-04-21 07:37:00 UTC

In one of my missions one of the agents makes a reference to Bechdel and Suefic:

"We should have a reverse Bechdel Test."

Tasmin frowned.

"A film passes the Bechdel Test if it has at least two women. These two women have a conversation, and that conversation is not about a man. A Suefic passes the Reverse Bechdel Test if it has at least two men. These men have at least one conversation, and each conversation is about a woman, more particularly, the Sue."

"What does it mean if a Suefic passes this test?"

Allison shrugged. "Another charge on the list."

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I mostly read in a fandom that doesn't have that many women in it to begin with. Fanfic quite often only features one woman. In cases where this is a Sue, I have noticed that the men from canon suddenly seem incapable to talk about anything but the Sue.

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