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Swedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating You expect movie ratings to tell you whether a film contains nudity, sex, profanity or violence. Now cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias, or rather the absence of it. To get an A rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. Anyone with an ounce of sanity will be rolling their eyes at this bit of nonsense.  Nobody cares if...