"male-gazey" meaning in All languages combined

See male-gazey on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: male-gazier [comparative], male-gaziest [superlative]
Etymology: From male gaze + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|male gaze|y}} male gaze + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} male-gazey (comparative male-gazier, superlative male-gaziest)
  1. (informal) Presenting women in a way which implicitly assumes the viewer or reader is a heterosexual man. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Feminism
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