The Male Gaze Theory

The male gaze theory was introduced by Laura Mulvey, the concept of "The male gaze" is to do with how the audience reacts to what is presented on screen. Her theory is that the audience views certain characters from the perspective of a heterosexual male, in that the gaze clearly shows interest in the women that are being portrayed. For this audience reaction to happen the camera angle focuses on the "attractive" parts of a women's body (according to a heterosexual man).
Her ideology focuses on three different things.

• How men look at women
• How women look and portray themselves
• How women look and treat other women