Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Dokokin da yanzu aka sani da gwajin Bechdel sun fara bayyana a 1985 a cikin Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For. A cikin wani zane mai taken "The Rule", mata biyu, waɗanda suke kama da haruffa na gaba Mo da Ginger, suna tattauna ganin fim kuma wata mace ta bayyana cewa tana zuwa fim ne kawai idan ya cika waɗannan buƙatu masu zuwa:  Tambaya: yaushe ne gwajin Bechdel ya fara bayyana?
Shekarar 1985