THE MALE GAZE.  Definition: When a viewer imposes their unwanted or objectifying gaze upon an image  The Male Gaze is an unequal power relationship.

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THE MALE GAZE

 Definition: When a viewer imposes their unwanted or objectifying gaze upon an image  The Male Gaze is an unequal power relationship between the viewer and the viewed (or the gazer and the gazed.)  This “gaze” is typically shown through the lens (framework) of a heterosexual, white male WHAT IS THE MALE GAZE?

o The Male Gaze is EVERYWHERE! Movies, television, the internet, advertising, etc… o Laura Mulvey helped to introduce the concept of the Male Gaze in her essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema… o “In film, the male gaze occurs when the audience is put into the perspective of a heterosexual man” WHERE DO YOU SEE THE MALE GAZE?

o The Male Gaze is demonstrated mainly through images of passive or seductive women as well as hypersexualized or “un-whole” parts of women.  WHAT DOES THE MALE GAZE LOOK LIKE?

 The cinema (any media outlet today) offer a number of possible pleasures, such as scopophilia.  Scopophilia = looking (at an image) itself is a source of pleasure. In other words, receiving some type of erotic pleasure through looking.  Scopophilia is part of the Male Gaze in the sense that it allows the viewer to objectify and use an image for a sense of pleasure and power. THE MALE GAZE AND SCOPOPHILIA

 Today, almost all the images we see in the media are altered (mainly through Photoshop) to adhere to an aspect of the male gaze…    eature=youtu.be eature=youtu.be

o Take a look at the following pictures…. o One photo is of the Male Gaze while the other photo tries to take out/alter the Male Gaze. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ALTER THE MALE GAZE?

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o Where do you recognize the Male Gaze the most in your life? o Should the media be regulated in how they portray sexuality, especially for women? o How might the Male Gaze perpetuate violence in society? LET’S DISCUSS!