Young-Ho was met with resistance when he tried to take on the director position at Gohang on Oh My Venus, episode 10, and Joo-Eun moved out of Young-Ho’s residence.

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test

Episode 10 did not pass the Russo test but it did pass the Bechdel and race test.

Episode 10 did not pass the Russo test, and it did not pass this test because there were no LGBTI characters in the episode. However, while episode 10 failed to pass the Russo test, it did pass the Bechdel test.

Episode 10 passed the Bechdel test because of the couple of times that named women talked to each other, there were a few instances where men weren’t mentioned when some of the named women talked to each other (e.g., Hye-Ran greeted Hong-Im at an art museum and Joo-Eun informed her mom that she had lost weight). Episode 10 also passed the race test, and the episode passed this test because while White people were mentioned a couple of times, the entire cast was Asian so there were many instances where non-White individuals talked to each other without mentioning White people.

*The Bechdel test entails three requirements:
1. It has to have at least two (named) women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

**The Vito Russo test entails three requirements:
1. The show contains a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and/or transgender
2. The character must not be solely or predominately defined by her sexual orientation, gender identity and/or as being intersex
3.The character must be tied into the plot in such a way that her removal would have a significant effect

***The race or people of color (POC) test has three requirements:
1. It has two people of color in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something other than a White person

****Just because a show passes the Bechdel, Russo and race test does not mean that it is not sexist, heterosexist, racist and/or cissexist, etc. The Bechdel, Russo and race test is only a bare minimum qualifier for the representation of LGBTI individuals, women and people of color in television. The failure to pass these tests also does not identify whether the central character was a woman, a person of color or a LGBTQI individual and it does not dictate the quality of the show.