-The gaze and the panoptic are linked
-Men are watching women while women are watching themselves
-There is always someone above you. We live in a hierarchy.
-Women know they are being controlled and take advantage on this.
-Women are being exploited, forced into a way of dressing by fashion magazines.
-The old day paintings of women, the painter makes sure the women are not looking at the audiences the viewer doesn't feel guilty. Also another reason for this is if the women is not looking at the viewer then the woman has less power so the viewer keeps the power.
-Scopophillia. That can lead to a more sinister kind of looking which is voyeurism which is looking at someone when they don't know the are being looked at. This is the panoptic.
Books
John Berger- Ways of seeing
John Berger- about looking
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