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A. The articles of Laura Mulvey and John Berger illustrate the idea of both male and female gazing. In Laura Mulvey’s theory, it shows how media especially in the film industry depicts the female body as a subject to male gazing. It identifies how men (and even women at times) sees female in their own perspective as something that exposes their masculinisation. As being the subject of male gaze, women are submissive; prone to sexualization, etc. In short, women in media are subjected to visual pleasure by both men and women. Even a woman gazes at other women as they are a part of the audience of the said media. For example of male gaze is found in films such as Baywatch, 007, and many more. In the film Baywatch, male gaze is seen when one of …show more content…

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