The article discusses the voyeurism that existed in modern cities based on the architecture construction such as window viewing to achieve the desire, which leads to variable negative phenomena within society, including residents’ life isolation, privacy surveillance, and gender bias. In response to these social issues, the circumstance of the virtual world created by using high power Len and surveillance remain controversial.
According to the article, which reinforces the “male gaze,” Mulvey argued the trend of women objectification from the male gaze. Specifically, the two of the articles’ films also described the lens as a tool for pleasure, especially in a sexual perspective, such as Zeke watched Carly. The biased position of females in society originated from historical culture deposition, even in the current association with convenient surveillance tools due to the consistent stereotype for sexual identification in many places. Furthermore, life alienation by the visual world also exists in contemporary society. Overcoming the fearless and living with loneliness simultaneously may help to reverse the trend.
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You have made a summary of the reading. Regarding your point on ‘male gaze’, do you think this viewing perspective is still valid in films nowadays?