The Male Gaze

The Male Gaze is a theory made by Laura Mulvey, the concept of the gaze is how the audience reacts to what is presented on the screen. Her theory is that she believes in that the audience have to view certain characters from the perspective of a heterosexual male, in which he clearly shows interests in the women that is being portrayed. For this to be shown the camera angle manipulates the audience by focusing on the attractive and main features of a womens body.

She portrays this to the audience in three different ways:

• How men look at the women
• How women look and portray themselves
• How women look and treat other women