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* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fandom book ''Chicks Dig Time Lords'' includes an essay about companion Nyssa of Traken. The author points out that many of Nyssa's episodes pass the Bechdel test, and includes a brief explanation of what the test is.
* In [[Belisarius Series]] female characters regularly talk about politics and war to each other which is technically about men(as they form the vast majority of those who take part in such activities in the Middle Ages)but only intermittently about individual men and then often in their position as strategic chess pieces rather then as people. Irene and Antonina have one conversation which is primarily about Empress Theodora who is of course a woman. It does mention men as a by the way as of course her career was in fact [[Captain Obvious|affected by men.]]
* In [[Honor Harrington]] everyone except the Graysons( which are portrayed as an [[Adorkable|endearingly but exasperatingly]] [[Good Old Ways| old fashioned]] [[Proud Warrior Race]] of [[Space Amish|Space Mormons]](sort of) and their [[Religion of Evil|not so endearing]] Masadan cousins are indifferent to whether a given role is filled by a man or a woman. At any given time the sex of the speakers will not matter and as it is a technothriller in space, the subjects are likely to be war, politics, or the technology of same.
 
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