male gaze
[ meyl-geyz ]
/ ˈmeɪl ˈgeɪz /
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noun
Often the male gaze . the assumption in visual and creative arts that the default or desired audience consists of heterosexual males, and inclusion of women in narrative or art should seek to please this audience with the objectification or sexualization of these depicted women.
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Origin of male gaze
Coined by Laura Mulvey (born 1941), British feminist film theorist in her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” (1975)
Words nearby male gaze
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