Male Gaze

The male gaze :

This is concept in what the audience see how the way how people are presented throughout the media.

*How the men will focus on women

*How the women look at the women

*How women will look at themselves.

Feminist theory

Laura Mulvey thought of the term of 'male gaze' in the year 1975. In what the film audience will have to view the charicters from the eyes of a hetrosexual male.

- Camera hangs on the curves of the female body, and events which occur to women are presented largely in the context of a man's reaction to these events.
- Relegates women to the status of objects. The female viewer must experience the narrative secondarily by identification with the male. 

Theory's feedback:
Some of the women that look upon the male gaze do not like the idea as they could find it demening by the way they will be looked upon but then again you get women that like the attention to there body and accept the concept of the male gaze. The gaze can also be directed toward members of the same gender for several reasons, not all of which are sexual, such as comparison of body image or clothing.

Categorising Facial Expressions
Women - Marjorie Ferguson (1980)Chocolate Box - half/full smile, lips together/slightly parted, Teeth barely visible, Full/ three-quarters face to cameraInvitational - Emphasis on eyes, Mouth shut with a hint of a smile, Head to one side or looking back at the cameraSuper-smiler - Full face, Wide open, toothy smile, Head thrust forward or thrown back, Hair often wind blownRomantic or sexual - Includes male/ female 'two-somes', Dreamy, Heavy lidded, Overtly sensual/ sexual
Men - Trevor Millum (1875)
Seductive - Similar to cool/level, Eyes less wide, Expression is less reserved, but still self-confidant, MilderCarefree - Nymph like, Active, Healthy, Vibrant, Outdoor girl, Often smiling/grinning
Practical – Concentrating, Engaged in business in hand, Mouth closed, Eyes object directed, Sometimes a slight frown, Hair usually short style or tied back
Comic - Deliberately ridiculous, Exaggerated, Acting the fool, Pulling facesCatalogue - Neutral looks of a dummy, artificial, wax like, Features may be in any position- but most likely eyes wide open and a smile, Looks remain vacant and empty with personality removed.

Jonathan Schroeder 1998
To gaze implies more than to look at- it signifies a psychological relationship of power in which the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze.