Gender Theory - Mulvey's theory

Male Gaze theory 
Mulvey's male gaze theory essay described what she saw as the male point of view adopted by the camera to visually pleasure the male audience. Mulvey also described how the camera forces on women's bodies, treating them as sexual objects in order to gratify men. She also argued that the central characters in films are male, meaning that the male audience can identify with them, sharing the view that women are passive and there to be looked at. 


The Male Gaze typically focuses on:


-         Emphasising curves of the female body
-         Referring to women as objects rather than people
-         The display of women is how men think they should be perceived
-         Female viewers, view the content through the eyes of a man