Notes on youtube video:

The male gaze: invokes the sexual politics of the gaze and suggests a sexualised way of looking that empowers men and objectifies women. In the male gaze, the woman is visually positioned as an “object”. Her feelings and thoughts are less important than the males and she is “framed” by male desire.

Laura Mulvey: British feminist and film theorist who invented “the male gaze” theory. She is mostly known for her essay, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” which focuses on John’s idea of “The male gaze”.

John Peter Berger: British essayist and cultural thinker as well as a plentiful novelist, poet, translator, art critic and screenwriter. He is best known for his book and BBC series “Ways of Seeing”. This book was largely based on the idea of “the male gaze”.