male gaze

English

Noun

male gaze

1. (sociology) The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized shots of women's bodies.

Derived terms

• female gaze
• male-gazey

Translations

viewpoint of a heterosexual man

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男凝 (nánníng), 男性凝視／男性凝视 (nánxìng níngshì)

• Finnish: miehinen katse
• French: regard masculin m
• Polish: male gaze (pl) n
• Swedish: manliga blicken c (definite form)