The male gaze is how women are objectified. The ‘male gaze’ is women looked at as sexual objects which make men feel empowered.

Laura Mulvey was a British film theorist who tackled the centrality of the male viewer and his pleasure. She called this ‘The Male Gaze’. She wrote ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ which showed all her findings and opinions.

John Peter Berger was known for his ‘Ways of Seeing’ This highlighted ‘The Male Gaze’.