Question

'Male Gaze' is a critical concept introduced by:

• A. Laura Mulvey
• B. Agatha Christie
• C. Judith Butler
• D. John Berger

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Laura Mulvey

• The concept of the “Male Gaze” was introduced by Laura Mulvey in her influential 1975 essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.

• She argued that mainstream cinema often presents women from a masculine, heterosexual perspective, positioning women as objects of visual pleasure.