Mulvey - 'Male Gaze'

Below is a powerpoint I created on slideshare and it explores Laura Mulvey's theory about the 'Male Gaze' in more depth.

Example of the 'Male Gaze' in use:

• In the opening scene for "Carrie", the camera is slowly panning across which captures the school girls naked and they are in the process of getting changed. Women are represented as innocent and are also portrayed as sex objects in this scene because there is a sense of voyeurism with the camera work used in the scene. It also highlights what a male would imagine it to be like in a locker room which is totally different from a women's perspective. Voyeurism means the compulsion to seek sexual gratification by secretively looking at sexual objects or acts; the actions of a Peeping Tom.