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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

male gaze

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
male gaze
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized shots of women's bodies.

Etymology

Coined by John Berger in the 1972 BBC documentary Ways of Seeing, and popularized by Laura Mulvey in "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema", published in 1975.

Phrases

female gaze male-gazey

Questions

What does male gaze mean?
The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized shots of women's bodies.
Where does male gaze come from?
Coined by John Berger in the 1972 BBC documentary Ways of Seeing, and popularized by Laura Mulvey in "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema", published in 1975.

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