Male gaze – the perspective of a notionally typical heterosexual man considered as embodied in the audience or intended audience for films and other visual media, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women.
Voyeurism – an interest in observing unsuspecting people while they undress, are naked, or engage in sexual activities.
Patriarchy – a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
Positive and negative stereotypes – a positive stereotype refers to a subjectively favourable belief held about a social group. A negative stereotype represent negative expectations about the out-group.
Counter-types – a positive stereotype and emphasizes the positive features about a person.
Misrepresentation – the action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.
Selective representation – when some groups of people are represented more in government than others.
Dominant ideology – denotes the attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society.
Constructed reality – that people shape their experiences through social interaction.
Hegemony – leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
Audience positioning – the techniques used by the creator of a text to try to get the audience to understand the ideology of the text.
Fluidity of identity – having the ability to change how you see yourself, the world, and your actions.
Constructed identity – when you have developed a clear and unique view of yourself and your identity.
Negotiated identity – when people reach agreements of “who is who” in their relationships.
Collective identity – the shared sense of belonging to a group.
