Laura Mulvey
Feminist writer Laura Mulvey made a statement about the representation of men and women in music videos. She stated that "In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly".
What I believe Mulvey is trying to say here is that the world is not equal, that men are shown more superior than women. She says that men are here to do work and women are there to look nice. She says that music videos have a man staring at a woman and is thinking about sexual fantasies towards the woman and the woman is usually shown as "perfect".
Examples of Mulvey's statement in music videos is Robin Thicke's and Pharell Williams music video called "Blurred Lines". This video features 3 adult men fully clothed in suits next to women that are naked and have see through clothing. The men in this video are almost always staring at the women and the lyrics of the song even suggest themes of sex.
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