"male gaze" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} male gaze
  1. (sociology) The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized shots of women's bodies. Wikipedia link: male gaze Categories (topical): Feminism, Film, Male, Sociology Derived forms: female gaze, male-gazey Translations (viewpoint of a heterosexual man): 男凝 (nánníng) (Chinese Mandarin), 男性凝視 (Chinese Mandarin), 男性凝视 (nánxìng níngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), miehinen katse (Finnish), male gaze [neuter] (Polish), manliga blicken (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Swedish)

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