Episode Ten passes the Bechdel Test.
- In one of the scenes, Xo and Jane are talk to each other about Jane’s grades and how Jane wants Xo to cook something for a school function. Jane is nervous about Xo cooking because Xo is not a very good cook, so she asks Alba how to pray and Alba explains it to her. Alba then teaches Xo how to cook that food item that Jane needed.
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Criteria:
- Two women who have names: Xo and Jane
- Talk to each other: Xo and Jane are talking to each other
- About something besides a man: They are talking about Xo cooking something for Jane’s school
Gender Roles:
- Xo (Jane’s Mom)
- Feminine
- Jane (Main Character)
- Soft – spoken
- Doesn’t want to ask Rafael to not fire her friends
- Hard worker
- Taken 3 sick days in 4 years
- Feels bad she hasn’t been around her family as much
- Eager to apologize
- Soft – spoken
- Rafael (Father of Jane’s Baby)
- Makes decisions easily
- Doesn’t have a problem firing employees
- Leadership ability
- Tells all the things that need to be done before the storm
- Makes decisions easily
- Alba
- Strong
- Woke up from coma
- Strong
- Petra
- Struggling once Rafael isn’t supporting her financially anymore
- Michael
- Assigns blame
- Thinks Rafael is Sin Rostro and he doesn’t believe him when he says he isn’t
- Trying to get Jane to doubt Rafael
- Sincere
- Doesn’t want Jane to know he kept Alba from deportation
- Assigns blame
Shared by: Danella Van Ess
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