Laura Mulvey

The Male Gaze, developed by feminist, Laura Mulvey describes how the audience, or viewer, is put into the perspective of a heterosexual male. Mulvey believes that women should enjoy the attention of attracting the gaze, and put themselves in positions to be looked at. The concept of ‘the gaze’ is one that deals with how an audience views the people/person presented.

She believes that women are normally as seen as objects and are shown as controlled. control of the camera comes from factors such as the as the assumption of heterosexual men as the default target audience for most film genres.

Mulvey' also states that the female gaze is the same as the male gaze because women look at themselves through the eyes of men. A feminist may see the male gaze as either a manifestation of unequal power between gazer and gazed, or as a conscious or subconscious attempt to develop that inequality. From this perspective, a woman who welcomes an objectifying gaze may be simply seeking to benefit men, welcoming such objectification may be viewed as akin to exhibitionism.

The male gaze occurs when the camera puts the audience into the perspective of a heterosexual man. It may, for instance linger over the curves of a woman's body. The man emerges as the dominant power within the film fantasy and this shows to the audience that the male does have control over the female and her actions.

An example of this is the song "Get Low" by Dillon Francis and DJ Snake. This video shows how men have more power and they do this by having men sat on lots of chairs looking down on half naked women.