In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determine male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly.
By this quote what Laura Mulvey is getting across is that in relation of music videos, females are looked upon by males in a fantasy created by them. So in a music video females are portrayed how male would like to see them. A good example of this is in the music video 'Dizzee Rascal - Holiday'
In the first 30 seconds of this mv Laura Mulveys point is proven, this is done by dismembering shots. So segmenting aspects of the body in the shot. So for example a close of the women stomach or chest. It is also done by point of view shots - in a males pov, over the shoulder shot of a male watching a female. This is done through out the video.
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