W S 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jean Baker Miller, Bechdel Test
5 Mar 2016
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Bechdel test listen to a conversaion between two women and see if their conversaion is in any way about a man. Jean baker miller explains that when a group is deined as inferior, they tend to be labeled as defecive or less intelligent. Temporary inequality the lesser party is socially deined as unequal. Like the relationship between teacher and students or parents and children. The superior party usually has more of some ability of valuable quality which she/he is supposed to impart to the lesser person. This includes emotional maturity, experience in the world, physical skills, a body of knowledge, or the techniques for acquiring certain kinds of knowledge. The superior person is supposed to engage with the lesser in such a way as to bring the lesser member up to full parity. The lesser, the child, is to be given to, by the person who presumably has more to give.
