Laura Mulvey

Laura Mulvey Male Gaze

Learning Outcome: To explore the theory of The Male Gaze as set out by Laura Mulvey.

Key word: Objectification

Women:

The representation of women in the media has developed and adapted to reflect cultural and socialogical changes. As women's roles in society have undergone a transformation, this has been reflected in some areas of the media.

However, there are still some stereotypical representations of women where they are defined by how men see them and how society expects them to look and behave. 

Women still tend to be judged on their looks and appearance foremost.

Representations tend to concentrate also on their sexuality; emotions and narratives tend to be based around relationships.

The way in which the representation of women is constructed in texts like glamour magazines is unrealistic and instills unattainable aspiration in the audience.

In an examination response it is important that you explore the representation of gender at a sophisticated level and go beyond basic discussion of positive and negative, it is much more complex than that.

Who Framed Rodger Rabbit Scene Analysis

in the scene of who framed Rodger Rabbit the cartoon woman Jessica Rabbit represents a very provocative and invitational individual this opens for theories like Marjorie's and Mulvey's.
Her pink out fit shows off her flirtatious nature before she even comes fully out of the curtain. Her plumped red lips also show off her invitational character.

Marjorie Ferguson

In this image Amanda Seyfried demonstrates the chocolate box expression well as her lips are placed together, showing she is not very interested in any activity but if you try hard enough you might get lucky. usually showcased by the shy girl/ enclosed individual.














In this magazine Mila Kunis is in the invitational pose looking over the shoulder with heavy eye makeup, she is covering her mouth while standing in front of a sign saying "sexiest women". not just the pose of the women determines what they want the whole image is the main give away. not to mention the amount of skin she is showing is obviously excessive.