Laura MulveyMale Gaze Theory

“How the audience view women who are presented in the media. She states that women are there to be seen and that the use of camera portrays them as sexual objects through shot types and movement”

Laura Mulvey’s focus:

How men look at womenHow women look at themselves from those

images How women look at other women from those

images (do they also see them as unrealistic?)

Mulvey States..

The male gaze typically focuses on emphasising curves, referring to women as objects, a display of women is how men think they should be received and women are often sexualised and seen as sexual objects rather than people.

The camera use particular movements to perceive women in a idealistic view. Some women may disagree with this use of camera yet others may feel liberated.

Top 5 charts

• Blame-Calvin Harris• Prayer in C- Lilly wood• I’m not the only one-Sam Smith• Shake it off- Taylor Swift• Black Widow-Iggy Azalea ft Rita Ora

Each one of these songs show Laura Mulveys Theory correct as all of the above display in a way to please men, emphasis the curves and show women as objects

Examples of Laura Mulveys Theory Blame- Calvin Harris

Black Widow Iggy Azalea