Final Exam
The Female Gaze
- Women posses the gaze (do "the looking"). - Women enjoy & control their own bodies and/or sexuality. - Bodies emphasize maternal function, strength, & power (not just for looks).
How does a film Pass the Bechdel Test?
1. It has to have at least two named women in it. 2. Who talk to each other 3. About something besides a man or men.
The Male Gaze
1. The male is assumed to be the spectator (viewer) for whom filmmakers create visual pleasures with females-as-objects. 2. Males= active; Females= passive 3. Because (heterosexual) males are typically directors, producers, and writers, [male] [audience] viewers experience scopophilia as voyeurs.
What does The Bechdel Test measure?
The Racial Bechdel Test is to PoC presence in the media what The Bechdel Test is to female presence in the media. It tests whether or not a form of media has a strong PoC presence.
