The Male Gaze and Laura Mulvey:

Feminist film expert, Laura Mulvey, invented the concept of women being looked at in a very sexualised way by males in order to make them feel important and better about themselves, objectifying them. This is called The Male Gaze- the way in which men look at women in a sexualising way.

John Berger:

John Berger was an English Art Critic who wrote the famous essay ‘Ways of Seeing’. This essay includes ideas of the different ways men and women are represented in visual media, and Laura Mulvey’s concept of The Male Gaze.

“Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at. This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves.” – Ways of Seeing