Male Gaze-Laura Mulvey

When researching further into Laura Mulvey's 'Male Gaze' theory I found the following slide share that I believe explains the theory very well and helped develop my understanding.

The Male Gaze Laura Mulvey from Mr Smith

Applying the 'Male Gaze' to music magazines:

• Focus on figure through comparison of statues
• By comparison the woman is objectified
• Romantic/sexual facial expression

Through the male gaze both men and women are drawn to the magazine, men from a hetrosexual perspective in which they find the woman attractive and from an admiring hetrosexual woman's perspective in which they almost aspire to be like the woman on the cover.