The Male Gaze theory by Laura Mulvey focuses on the sexual objectification of women in media. Click here to find out more.
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Carroll Clover another feminist pointed out that this isn't always the case. In Slasher movies, there is a final girl. The protagonist is almost always a teenage girl who isn't sexualised.
- argument against the male gaze
- agencing - having a sense of ownership/control
- Clover agrees that males are more active and females are more passive however not in the horror genre due to the final girl having agency
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