The male gaze– How men objectify (view) women and sexualizing’s them as being less capable creating empowerment in men.
Laura Mulvey– She was the person who came up with the idea about the male gaze as they were many issues with gender in film and other media. She is a feminist and says that films are made in the view of a heterosexual men trying to reveal sexually attractive parts of a woman by camera angles, zoom-ins or other strategies.
John Berger– He devised the theory of “Ways of seeing” suggesting that the way woman are seen by men and the way they are taught to see themselves is wrong and creates a bad relationship.
Quotes
“52% of Hispanic people studied believed there was a link between violent video games and real-world violence.”
“This poor representation of Asian women perpetuates the stereotype that they are meek, submissive, sexual objects who exist purely for men’s entertainment.”
“new range of diverse player avatars, complete with wheelchairs, complete with a greater range of skin tones, complete with more expressive gender-agnostic clothing”
“It is isolating not to be thought of or considered in the culture you desperately want to consume and be part of.”
“women then stands in patriarchal couture as signifier for the male other”
“women displayed as a sexual object”
“Euthanised damsel- only solution is to kill damsel in order to protect her”
“Woman in refrigerator- women killed off to continue male story development and seek revenge”