MuLvEy...

'ThE MaLe GaZe'

Laura Mulvey

As my independent study is studying the representation of women I now have a greater knowlege of laura mulvey's theory - ' The Male Gaze'. Her theory looks at the way in which men look at women in the media. She dicusses the way male audiences look upon women as sexual objects who are there to satisfy their needs, there perpose is to-be-looked-at or as laura mulvey states "has the quality to-be-looked-at-ness". Films are often shot in a males point of veiw ecouraging men to look at women in this desirable way...

I agree with what laura mulvey is trying to say...

Women are ofetn objectified in the media and it is obvious that their perpose is to satisfy a mans desires. The reaon why many films do objectify women and are often shot in a males point of veiw is because the majority of successful directors are male. In most cases this would lead the women in the film to be represented as the perfect woman in a mans eyes therefore causing them to be looked upon as objects which furfill the male audeince desires. However there are more women in films that could be argued as strong, independent and active characters which goes against Mulveys theory but not often seen.