Female vs Male Gaze

Who's Laura Mulvey?

• A British theorist who enlightened others about male gaze.

• A British theorist who enlightened others about male gaze.

• An American theorist who enlightened others about male gaze.

• A British reviewer who commented about female gaze.

Answer explanation

(Reading 1: Mulvey is predominantly known for her theory regarding sexual objectification on women in the media, more commonly known as The Male Gaze” theory.)

TRUE OR FALSE?

(Reading 1) Mulvey believes that women are in fact the maker of meaning.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Mulvey believes that women are in fact “the bearer of meaning and not the maker of meaning,”

TRUE OR FALSE

(Reading 1) According to Laura's male gaze theory, “men do the looking, and women are to be looked at.”

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE

(Reading 1) One of the movie examples male gaze is represented in is "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)".

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Example was stated using a picture in Reading 1

(Reading 1) Two examples of how women are represented in the male gaze is:

• Close-up of their bodies, just like Megan Fox's in Transformers.

• Portraying the hardships women go through

• Using women in bikini in movies just "because".

(Reading 1) From Laura's perspective, society has been brainwashed to accept what the male gaze considers "normal", but films like ___________ have brought into light some female empowerment.

• Frozen

• Suffragate

• The Wolf of Wall Street

TRUE OR FALSE

(Reading 1) Michael Bay‘s franchise, "Transformers", represents women based on a non-degrading and sexualized representation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Michael Bay‘s franchise, "Transformers", represents women based on a degrading and sexualized representation.

Some Disney films that represent male gaze are:

• Beauty and the Beast

• Aladdin

• Sleeping Beauty

• Cinderella

(Reading 1) What does this male gaze representation in Disney movies mean?

"The female protagonists are only happy once they have fallen in love with a man"

• If you don't fall in love with a man, you will be fine alone. You can be an emotionally functiong being by yourself.

• If you fall in love with a man, they will be the core of your happiness because they are the princes you were waiting for.

TRUE OR FALSE

(Reading 2). Gomez Addams idolizes his wife and she can be an independent entity.

• TRUE

• FALSE