"In a world ordered by by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split
active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy
active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy
onto female figure which is styled accordingly". Laura Mulvey, 1992
What Mulvey seems to be saying is that in music videos today, women are styled and portrayed in a way that is for men to stare at seductively. The world is patriarchal and we see the 'male gaze' in music videos more and more.
In some music videos with male artists or bands, there is either one woman or a huge group of women that are dressed wearing provocative clothing and the male artist or band are wearing clothes that don't show much of their body and are starring at the semi-naked women.
In some music videos with female artists or bands, they have been styled for men to look at them using the 'male gaze', either the audience watching the video or the men that are in the video itself.
In some music videos with female artists or bands, they have been styled for men to look at them using the 'male gaze', either the audience watching the video or the men that are in the video itself.
These are conventions which are usually seen in Hip-Hop, Pop, R&B or heavy metal genre music videos. However, Indie, Dubstep and Rock videos usually challenge these ideas.
Robin Thicke ft Pharrell & T.I- Blurred Lines is a video that I feel definitely illustrates Mulvey's ideas. There are three men dressed modestly but there are three girls around them that are wearing hardly anything. There is also an uncensored version of the girls even wearing less than they are in the censored version. (But I'm not gonna put that one up don't worry)
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