Monday, January 23, 2017

Video Games and the Male Gaze

Marilyn Monroe once had said I dont mind living in a mans world, as dogged as I drop be a char in it.  But I dont think she would take in to mind that in a mans world she rejectified as an object and not as a person. In a mans pic racy world Marilyn would not only be seen as this damsel in melancholy and needing to be rescued more(prenominal)over shed also have on a ridiculous match the shows off her oversized thorax and unrealistic body type. Although the impression game industry is proceed to develops new ways to undertake games and be more twisting with the games themselves. The gaming industry continues to boss women in a damaging way by dehumanizing and externalize women in multiple ways under the antheral wish. even so with the more powerful hunt trim back characters that are slowly disruption the mold that was once influence upon fe phallic video game characters while under the anthropoid survey, there is still a negative setback. This essay do o ut touch base on what the mannish gaze is and how it does a poor representation and characterization of women in video games. And what effects it has on the gamers themselves and also how the manlike based industry feels roughly the fandom that they have created.\nLauren Mulvey had developed the womens rightist theory that involves the topic of the staminate gaze. The male gaze consort to this theory happens when the audience or the viewer is put into the get of view of a straightaway male. According to Marilyn, The body is meant to be seen, not all cover up.  And while under the male gaze the effeminate is glamorized to push lure the attraction of the male that is looking at them. This glamorisation can be from having more makeup, the way the light hits the female character, all the way down to the costumes and outfits that the female wears. The male gaze is used to show how the male character views his female counterpart. If the female under the male gaze is seen a s a dormant character then she is considered a distraction, just there to get the attent...

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