The male gaze is the way in which visual arts depicts women for a masculine point of view. Mulvey suggests that visual media exposes a deep-seated drive known as “scopophilia”: the sexual pleasure involved in looking. Mulvey believed mainstream movies are filmed in a certain way in order to satisfy male scopophilia. Therefore, according to this theory woman are regulated to the status of objects to be admired for physical appearance. Mulvey argues that erotic scenes in films don’t have any influence on the plot but only provide a sense of erotic spectacle. However, Mulveys gaze theory could have less relevance in the early twentieth century due to technological advancements and change in social dynamics.
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With social media and the web, women have begun to photograph themselves in more realistic and naturalistic ways. Alessia Glaviano believes this has done a lot for women: “being able to be who we are, without feeling insecure or without feeling “I’m not beautiful because I am not Cindy Crawford”. Social Media such as Instagram has been used as a platform for women to share photos which change the way we perceive the females body. This could suggest the male gaze theory has become less relevant to visual culture in the late twentieth century as the female gaze has become more prevalent and women have started to take back the gaze. Mulveys theory of the male gaze also seems to have lots of negative connotations, with using the term objectified and sexual objects. Alessia Glaviano …show more content…
For example, this James Bond poster for the film ‘thunderball’ (image above) clearly depicts the man as the strong main focus of the image. However, in contrast the women are seen to be worshiping Bond and posing for him, displaying them as weak, sexual objects. Contrary to this, women have gradually become more independent in cinema. In the James Bond film ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ (2004) Halle Barry has been given a professional occupation where she is also seen to have successful cholesterics’. In the older Bond films such as ‘Goldfinger’ (1964), The women were solely there for eroticism and visual pleasure. With women’s cinema having begun to more prominent in mainstream films, as Mulvey thought it never could, female actresses have started to become more influential and
Visual culture has progressed considerably …show more content…
With social media and the web, women have begun to photograph themselves in more realistic and naturalistic ways. Alessia Glaviano believes this has done a lot for women: “being able to be who we are, without feeling insecure or without feeling “I’m not beautiful because I am not Cindy Crawford”. Social Media such as Instagram has been used as a platform for women to share photos which change the way we perceive the females body. This could suggest the male gaze theory has become less relevant to visual culture in the late twentieth century as the female gaze has become more prevalent and women have started to take back the gaze. Mulveys theory of the male gaze also seems to have lots of negative connotations, with using the term objectified and sexual objects. Alessia Glaviano …show more content…
For example, this James Bond poster for the film ‘thunderball’ (image above) clearly depicts the man as the strong main focus of the image. However, in contrast the women are seen to be worshiping Bond and posing for him, displaying them as weak, sexual objects. Contrary to this, women have gradually become more independent in cinema. In the James Bond film ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ (2004) Halle Barry has been given a professional occupation where she is also seen to have successful cholesterics’. In the older Bond films such as ‘Goldfinger’ (1964), The women were solely there for eroticism and visual pleasure. With women’s cinema having begun to more prominent in mainstream films, as Mulvey thought it never could, female actresses have started to become more influential and