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    The Male Gaze

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    proposition of the ‘male gaze’ has been applied to feminist studies of the media. “One thing I really envy about men‚ ’ a friend once said to me‚ ’is the right to look ’ (Dyer 1982) Johnathan Schroeder posited ‘...to gaze implies more than to look at- it signifies psychological relationship of power‚ in which the gazer is superior to the object of the gaze.(Schroeder‚ 1998)’ Keeping this in mind‚ in Laura Mulvey’s article ‘Visual pleasure and narrative cinema’‚ she proposes that the male gaze is paramount

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    Male-male Compensatory Relationship Theory I. Rationale Among many historical figures‚ some have been recorded as having homosexual relationships which may or may not be exclusive to same sex. It is through constant suppression and negative connotations that many of them have been left to perish. Earliest documented same-sex relationships dates back in Ancient Greece where it was indicated that it was normal for adult males (erastes) to have younger males (eromenos) to take as lovers but does

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    Male Gaze

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    Analysis We see the theory of the male gaze prominently in this scene taken from transformers in which the appealing force is Megan Fox and the character she plays. This is done through the micro-elements in the film and especially the cinematography in this scene. One major area is her style of clothing. We see her in a typical light‚ short skirt and a crop top alongside the tan and curves. This draws the eye of audiences in order to portray her in the light that male audience’s desire. Throughout the

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    Male Gaze

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    feelings of anxiety because of the loss of control over one’s own body. In 1999‚ Laura Mulvey builds upon the theory of the gaze in her article “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by constructing the concept of a male gaze. Mulvey summarizes the notion of the male gaze as a heterosexual male actively objectifying a passive female recipient. She effectively limits females to being the object of the male gaze and heterosexual males to controlling the gaze‚ stating‚ “According to the principles of

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    Male Gaze

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    How have women been portrayed through photography? The gaze deals with how the audience views the people presented in visual culture‚ in this case‚ adverts‚ magazines and Cinema. The ‘male gaze’ is the male ability to exercise control over women by representing them in visual means as passive‚ sexual objects of male desire. The power of men over women has always existed. They are seen as the more powerful and clever species. This control over women has been seen predominately in linguistics senses

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    Male Circumcision

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    Student’s name here Male Circumcision Although the origins of circumcisions are unknown‚ it is commonly believed that the practice began about 12‚000 years ago whereby a stone knife was used to chop off the extraneous skin at the tip of a male’s penis. The primary reason given in ancient societies for this practice was that they believed difficulties in retracting the foreskin were detrimental to the fertilization process (Morse‚ 2004). In another instance‚ the act of circumcision was widely

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    Male Character

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    recent movies. In the chapter‚ the author who is Kenneth Mackinnon talks about ‘masculinity in movies’ by variety ways. He not only considers about the different kinds of movie genres‚ individual movies and those male movie stars in general‚ but also introduces the hard body and soft body contrastively for audience. Moreover‚ Mackinnon mentions about the disadvantages of masculinity in the films and provides three recent illustrations in 2000 to answer the questions of masculinity clearly. The evidence

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    Male Gaze

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    Question 1 “In a world ordered by sexual imbalance‚ pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure which is styled accordingly.” (Mulvey 750) Mulvey refers here to classic Hollywood cinema. Is her analysis still relevant? Discuss in relation to films from the classic era and contemporary cinema. Refer to films screened in this unit and films of your choice with attention to mise en scene and narrative

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    Demonic Males

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    Demonic Males Demonic Males is an intriguing‚ fast-paced novel which explores the roots of evolution through which we‚ humans have evolved. The authors convey this book in a way that pulls you in right through the start by addressing the aggressive behaviors that have been passed down from our ancestors the great ape‚ to the males in our society. Demonic Males was an incising and factual story which you learn not only about how apes evolved‚ their mating habits‚ social systems‚ female coalitions

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    Male Bashing

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    Jada Pickett November 2012 Sillery Male Bashing on T.V In an article written in 2003 by Michael Abernethy entitled Male Bashing on TV‚ the author laments about the negative stereotype depicted by the media of men. In order to gain a better understanding of the effects of Male Bashing on TV‚ people need to understand the consequences on the male bashing. The constant denigration of men in the media will lead to problems in the future; specifically‚ the loss of self-esteem‚ the way children

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