Can someone explain the male gaze to me

[FastBananaCEO]

I have no fucking clue what it actually is

 

[Deleted member 5815]

male gaze

female gaze

 

[FastBananaCEO]

“The “male gaze” invokes the sexual politics of the gaze and suggests a sexualised way of looking that empowers men and objectifies women. In the male gaze, woman is visually positioned as an “object” of heterosexual male desire.”

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female gaze

makes sense

 

[Deleted member 5815]

“The “male gaze” invokes the sexual politics of the gaze and suggests a sexualised way of looking that empowers men and objectifies women. In the male gaze, woman is visually positioned as an “object” of heterosexual male desire.”

makes sense

from a looksmax perspective this is what they usually mean, feminists/women have some other definition for themselves like megan fox would appeal to the male gaze, and some bisexual skinny woman (think runway models) would appeal to the female gaze