Feminism - is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing and defending equal political, economic and social rights for women.
Lady Gaga is one of the most openly famous feminist.
The Male Gaze
The male gaze is a theory created by Laura Mulvey in 1975, as her belief was that film audiences have to view characters from a male heterosexual perspective. Feminists see people in three ways:
- How men look at women
- How women look at themselves
- How women look at other women
Some believe that the male gaze is used in everyday life as sexualising the female body even when sexiness of the female has nothing to do with the advert or product at all, for example the most recent coca cola advert whereby the woman is made to look extremely sexy for no apparent reason other than to attract male attention.
Others criticise this theory because its not just the male gaze as a lot of women look at other women and are jealous or envious, as well as this some women like being looked at as they even enter beauty pageants to get looked at.
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