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- male dominated society
Positive and negative stereotypes-a positive stereotype refers to a subjectively favourable belief held about a social group.postulated that because negative stereotypes represent negative expectations about the out-group
Counter-types– is 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-the ideas, attitudes, values, beliefs, and culture of the ruling class in a society; usually also the function of these in validating the status quo.
Constructed reality– That we construct and create our own reality and what we do affects the reality we’ve constructed
Hegemony-leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others
Audience positioning– Audience positioning refers to 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-process in which humans develop a clear and unique view of themselves and of their identity
Negotiated identity– identity negotiation refers to the processes through which people reach agreements regarding “who is who” in their relationships
Collective identity-the shared definition of a group that derives from its members’ common interests, experiences, and solidarities then place them within certain social categories such as ethnicity, nationality, or gender
