Feminist Theory - Naomi Wolf/ The Male Gaze

Naomi Wolf - "The Beauty Myth"

In lesson we were talking about the Feminist Theory and after researching i found a woman called Naomi Wolf who published a book in 1991 called The Beauty Myth which is all about the idea of Feminism and societies view on the female gender.

She talks about how society and the Male gender have forced them to want to change the way they look at themselves and make them want to go through extreme measures to appeal to the males image of what women should look like.

“Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.” 
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women

The Male Gaze

In lesson we also spoke about the Idea that in hollywood cameras are used to film "through the male gaze" for example in Who Framed Roger Rabbit - In the scene where Jessica Rabbit (A Female Cartoon) is singing on a stage she is wearing a revealing tight fitting dress and the camera focusses on her legs and chest which is were you'd imagine the males would be looking hence "The Male Gaze"

“What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men?” 
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women