Monday, October 28, 2013

The Male Gaze

It is not new that when someone is being objectified, it is always a woman. Till this day i still wonder why is it that it seems to be always the woman who is objectified and the man is not. Just looking at magazine covers, movies and music videos, the woman is always being looked at in an erotic manner by males - also known as "the male gaze". The way that the media portray women is almost always in a sexual way where it makes men desire them.

 A simple Google search "woman magazine" show woman with revealing clothing or wearing something that accentuates their body. One thing that i find common in every image is that no matter if the pose of these women are sexually provocative or not, the subtitles all relate to sex: words like hot, sexy and sex are all the main point of these magazines!

Now i did a search for "man magazine" and this is what i found, all men are shown wearing a suit and tie, proper poses and very professional like. The magazines are usually about businesses and this one i found is about fashion. Nothing about this magazine cover is about anything sexual. 
This, i think is the problem. Men are never objectified and wherever they appear, they are always associated with hero, power, authority, and professionalism. Why is it that there is no female gaze? and are women going to be inferior to men forever? 

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