The gaze of the camera is the male gaze.
The male gaze is active, while the female is passive
Within the narrative male character direct their gaze towards female characters
The spectator is made to identify with the male, because the camera films from the optical, as well as libidinal, point of view of the male character.
Thus three levels of the cinemactic gaze- camera, character and sepectator- that objectify the female character( the triple gaze)
Therefore the audience is constructed as through everyone was male
Women are forced to look as though they were a male audience member
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