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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Topic

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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Citation

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

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Time
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Source
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Citation

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