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 fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly.

Laura Mulvey

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Gender relations Patriarchy Oppression of women Women's attractiveness

Author

Laura Mulvey

Source

Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Academic Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Mulvey, Laura. "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Screen, 1 Oct. 1975.

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