Laura mulvey

Laura Mulvey The male gaze

Laura Mulvey is a feminist film theorist who coined the term ‘Male Gaze’ in 1975.

The gaze is a concept dealing with how an audience views the characters presented.A feminist considers…• How men look at women • How women look at themselves • How women look at other women The concern which Laura Mulvey had was that the gaze highlights the superficiality of women and the way they look, giving pleasure to the viewer rather than focusing on what they are saying or doing in the narrative.

In todays music industry males as well as women are often represented in a highly sexualised way.