"The Gaze"
Describes the act of looking; began as the study of the objectification of women in visual texts.
The commonality of female nudity - display implies subordination
Internalization of the gaze, changes women's perceptions of themselves and makes them think of themselves as objects
Objectification as a source of pleasure (for both the looker and the looked-at)
Men as the dominant group have been the looker (the subjects; women the objects)
Links back to another aspect of the feminist critique of Freud - the degree to which Freudian theory is based on visual dynamics.
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