Aggie Icers, Diamond Darlings Fail Bechdel Test

Researchers from the Bechdel Institute of Women’s Advancement have concluded a seven-month study on what women in organizations centering around men’s sports talk about during organization meetings and events. Early findings indicate that Texas A&M University women’s organizations Aggie Icers and Diamond Darlings do not pass the Bechdel Test, which asks if two female characters talk to each other about something other than a man.

Support for the study emerged after the popularization of the Bechdel Test got Aggies wondering, “Do these women ever talk about their own hobbies and interests outside of how they relate to men?” Aggie Angels nearly failed the test but passed at the last minute after researchers learned that members are required to support the women’s basketball team in addition to the men’s.

“We talk about things other than boys!” said Abigail Pratt, a sophomore in Diamond Darlings, upon learning of the researchers’ findings. “Part of feminism is supporting women and respecting their choices. My choice just happens to be participating in a gender-based subservient role that has no gender-reversed equivalent because men would never be expected to provide support for women’s athletics.”

To even the playing field, researchers suggest creating between two and five men’s orgs that exclusively support women’s athletics and encourage members to participate in “brotherhood.”

 

— Ring Chunks