Research: Mulvey's theory

Laura Mulvey a British, feminist film theorist created the theory of the 'Male Gaze'. "Mulvey argues that in classic Hollywood films in particular women are merely represented to provide visual pleasure to men, the audience is constructed in a manner where they are all expected to be men".

From Mulvey’s theory of the 'Male Gaze' I think personally that I understand that women are put in certain types of media, particularly music video's to satisfy the men and make a viewing audience of men. A lot of music video's involve scantily clad women dancing around, and they are meant to have some kind of meaning to the song, but they are literally just there as an object to make either the men look good in the song or for the male viewers to watch.

Mulvey explains about two types of the 'Male Gaze', being voyeuristic and fetishistic. "Voyeuristic; seeing women as an image to be looked at. Fetishistic, seeing women as a substitute for the lack, the underlying psychoanalytic fear of castration".

For Mulvey's theory of the 'Male Gaze' I have chosen to analysis Robin Thicke's song 'Blurred Lines'. I personally hate this song, because of how it demeans women, it does in fact make the women look like objects for men. They are half dressed with a lot of skin exposed which adds to the women being 'things'. I therefore think Mulveys theory definitely applies to this song.