“In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly”
- Laura Mulvey, 1992
“Today, (active) men project their sexual fantasies of (passive) women, through the ‘male gaze’ otherwise known as the view of the cameraman”
A music video which supports Mulvey's theory is Akon - I wanna love you
As you can see the female representation is very seductive; they are wearing minimal
clothing, slow seductive movement, particular emphasis on female features like lips, hair
and breasts.
This theory I think applies more to RnB, Rap & Hip Hop artists as they seem to be
portrayed in their music videos as 'womanizers'
There is no music video that challenges this theory. The closest women can get to not being portrayed at the sex symbol, is if ;
- She is being represented as a strong, independent women
- She is involved in a sexual activity with the man she is supposed to love
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