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Male Gaze Theory

Male Gaze Theory @  By Laura Mulvey, a British Feminist, film Theorist. @ Best known for her essay ," Visual pleasure and narrative Cinema-(1975)", in the influential British film theory journal ' Screen'. @ Influenced by the theories of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. # Male Gaze  @  It refers to when heterosexual man stares at a woman in a sexualized or objectified way ,.And results in  A-- Empowering Man B-- Objectifying woman @  Two distinct modes of Male Gaze during 50's and 60's era of Hollywood movies. A-- Voyeuristic -- sexual pleasure gaines from watching others. B- Fetishistic-- seeing women as substitute.