Jane the Virgin – Season 1 – Episode 16 – Bechdel Test

Episode Sixteen passes the Bechdel Test.

  • In one of the scenes, Jane and Andie talk about the compliment cards and how Jane wrote a critique instead of a compliment.
  • Criteria:
    1. Two women who have names: Jane and Andie
    2. Talk to each other: Jane and Andie are talking to each other
    3. About something besides a man: They are talking about the compliment cards.

Gender Roles:

  • Xo (Jane’s mom)
    • Moving out of Albas house
  • Jane (Main Character)
    • Eager to soother hurt feelings
      • After she wrote the wrong thing on the compliment cards
    • Mediates Xo and Albas fights
    • Disappointed when Rafael doesn’t show up for lunch
    • Supportive
      • About Rafael looking for his mother
  • Rafael (Father of Jane’s Baby)
    • Impulsive
      • About asking Jane to marry him
    • Puts all the blame on Jane about rejecting the proposal
    • Family is important
      • Proposed so he could lock in his family and so they wouldn’t leave
  • Jane’s Father
    • Competitive
      • He can’t have a smaller than his competition
    • Defends own beliefs
      • Gets mad Rafael doesn’t ask him for Jane’s hand in marriage
  • Alba
    • Protective
      • Doesn’t want Xo to move out
    • Stubborn
  • Michael
    • Asks Rogelio if Jane is happy with Rafael

Shared by: Danella Van Ess
Image Credit: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/janethevirgin/images/2/23/Jandie.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20171119001709

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