Laura Mulvey’s theory on representation on gender is that women are dismembered and that there is usually a focus on their bodies, whereas men are shown as a whole. A quote by Laura Mulvey:
“In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly”.
The ‘male gaze’ is the representation of women from the point of view of men.
The following video, Gold-Digger by Kanye West, is a good example of the ‘male gaze’. It shows women (who are half-naked) on covers of magazines and women dancing on men; this suggests that women are in the videos purely for men’s pleasure.
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