Theorists
Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey came up with the theory of the male gaze, the concept of the theory changes depending on how the audience views the people presented on the screen. For most people thought it is how either a female or male or that person look at a female or themselves. This was thought of in 1975 and she believes that the audience have to view the person being sexualised through a males eyes. It is saying that women are seen as objects and that men think of women wrongly.
An example of the male gaze can be seen in the lyrics of the song 'she's so lovely' by Scouting for Girls as they say "i love the way she fills her clothes, she looks like them girls in vogue" stating that they are viewing her body in a way they shouldn't. Also, relating her body to someones from Vogue the magazine is showing that they are thinking about her body would be fit enough to be in that magazine. If someone was asked questions about what else was in the mise-en-scene of the shot, like what colour was the girls top or what colour where her shoes, you would not know since you were too focused on her body and features to notice anything else.
This theory has also been used in situations where woman aren't even trying to be sexual or appreciated aesthetically but this male gaze theory has proven true since people still view them in this way. This is quite often where there is an issue as woman do not understand why people or specifically men are looking at them and trying to see them as an object which they are not.
Some people disagree with this theory as they believe that when men or women look at a female in a sexual manor that they are just appreciating their beauty or even just looking and not judging.
An example of the male gaze can be seen in the lyrics of the song 'she's so lovely' by Scouting for Girls as they say "i love the way she fills her clothes, she looks like them girls in vogue" stating that they are viewing her body in a way they shouldn't. Also, relating her body to someones from Vogue the magazine is showing that they are thinking about her body would be fit enough to be in that magazine. If someone was asked questions about what else was in the mise-en-scene of the shot, like what colour was the girls top or what colour where her shoes, you would not know since you were too focused on her body and features to notice anything else.
This theory has also been used in situations where woman aren't even trying to be sexual or appreciated aesthetically but this male gaze theory has proven true since people still view them in this way. This is quite often where there is an issue as woman do not understand why people or specifically men are looking at them and trying to see them as an object which they are not.
Some people disagree with this theory as they believe that when men or women look at a female in a sexual manor that they are just appreciating their beauty or even just looking and not judging.
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