Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze theory.

Mulvey's theory is not admired by all, as some woman enjoy being looked at and idiolised, people who like attention.
Some theorists and people have come to the conclusion that woman get sexualised when their gender and female sexiness has nothing to do with that particular scene or film.
As an audience, we can look at characters in ways such as:
1. How females look at females.
2. How males look at females.
3. How females look at themselves.
The concept of male gaze theory is how the audience view the characters that are presented.
The gaze can be directed to people who are the same gender, it is not always sexual.
In films with a prominant male gaze, women are forced to identify with a male first , having to watch narrative in a secondary role.
Male gaze includes the dressing of women and body image, in the eyes of a man,

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	Created by Maddie Hulbert about 8 years ago