Quote: “in a world ordered by sexual imbalance
pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The
determined male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is
styled accordingly”.
Mulvey expresses her views on the separation between male
and female’s, “in a world ordered by sexual imbalance” here is an
example of this she addresses that there is pacifically sexual inequality
between male and female’s she later addresses there roles being that males are
“Active” and females are “Passive”. Women are often shown in a
way to visually please the “male gaze” this usually consists of the
woman being dresses in a provocative way or are exposed sexually, women are
dismembered for the purpose of the male gaze when only certain assets of there
body is the main view point for example if there legs, arms and head are out of
the frame this is mainly for the purpose of the viewer. Men are rarely exposed
like this but although men look at these videos thinking about the
attractiveness of the woman women are also looking at the video in the same way
but on the other hand judging themselves in the process by thinking about what
the men think about the video and applying it to themselves.
Flo Roders video for 'whistle' really expresses Mulvey's annalysis.
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