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 – the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.

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 refers to a subjectively unfavourable belief held about a social group.

Counter-types – a positive stereotype that emphasizes the positive features of a person. An example of a counter-type is that all religious people are kind.

Misrepresentation – the action of interpreting something wrongly.

Selective representation – selective representation is when some groups of people are represented more in government than others.

Dominant Ideology – the term dominant ideology denotes the attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society.

Constructed reality – the identity which we create for ourselves.

Hegemony – leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Audience position – the stance of the audience to a specific piece of media.