The 'Clit Test' rates on-screen depictions of female sexual pleasure. Here are the shows and movies that got a pass, and the ones that failed.

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• Frances Rayner and Irene Tortajada give a "pass" or a "fail" to pop culture moments in TV, movies, books, and songs depending on whether they center female sexual pleasure or not.
• Rayner created the concept, called The Clit Test, which uses a pass/fail system, after she became frustrated with the lack of non-penetrative sex scenes in media.
• Fans can now send Rayner and Tortajada their own ratings along with scene-specific evidence. One day, Rayner wants to use her project to inform Hollywood creators and help them make better sex scenes.

When Frances Rayner was in college 14 years ago, sex scenes in her favorite movies and television shows constantly perturbed her.

Rayner, of Glasgow, Scotland, wanted to see more than penetrative sex scenes that ended with the women reaching climax, since those displays incorrectly suggest most women can orgasm after a few solid thrusts.

She wanted acknowledgment of the clitoris, a part of the vulva that has 8,000 nerve endings and acts as a source of physical pleasure.

In 2017, she came up with the "The Clit Test."

To determine if a song, book, movie, or television show passes the test, Rayner asks one question: Does it highlight the clitoris as a source of sexual pleasure? If not, it's a fail.

"Often, that's very much implied. So it would be like head or hand dipping under the covers," or a woman saying she didn't orgasm following a penetration-only sex scene, Rayner told Insider. Scenes where women are shown or implied to be masturbating also pass the test.

A one-woman passion project turned into a crowdsourced campaign

After three years of ranking all sorts of entertainment on her own, Rayner met Irene Tortajada at her job in Glasgow.

They became friends and worked together to launch the project a few weeks ago, with a website and Instagram account where fans can submit their own ratings with scene-specific evidence.

Tortajada offers a different perspective as a 25-year-old bisexual woman, said Rayner, who is 34 and straight.

Rayner also read academic papers and books about pleasure and anatomy, like "Mind the Gap" by Dr. Karen Gurney, to be better informed about various women's sexual experiences while rating Hollywood favorites.

Rayner and Tortajada, who now lives in London, have passed and failed dozens of entertainment forms and grown their fan base. Rayner even transitioned to a part-time job to make more time for rating pop-culture sex scenes.

The majority of content they review gets a "pass" rating, because Rayner likes to focus on the positive. She said 95% of movies out there, for example, are likely to fail the test, so "I just don't even consume that stuff as much as possible now." Plus, there are often failing scenes in movies and shows that pass overall, according to Rayner.

'I hope that the campaign won't even be needed in a few years'

As for what's next, Rayner wants to use her and Tortajada's work to help Hollywood creators make better sex scenes.

"If I could just get it across the desk of anybody who ever writes a sex scene. or a directs a sex scene, or acts in a sex scene," showing creators that viewers care could make a difference, Rayner said.

"Most people probably know this themselves, but knowing that everyone else knows it and it's OK to kind of go, 'Oh yeah, did you see that thing? The clit test.' And then that gives them the cover to be like, 'Obviously she'll be receiving oral sex,'" she said.

Here's how some of your favorite shows and movies, including "Booksmart," "Normal People," and "Insecure" fared against the ultimate test for on-screen female sexual pleasure.