From the origin of film making women have been conveyed as being stupid, always 2nd, eye candy etc. in todays session we were taught the feminist or genderist film theory.
Laura Mulvey:
Laura Mulvey is a film theorist who is well known for her Essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (also known as Visual and other pleasures) written in 1973, in the essay she expresses her thoughts and research of the Male Gaze which in her words means "bearer of the look".
Naomi Wolf :
Naomi Wolf is an American author who is best known for her book "The Beauty Myth" written in 1991, Wolf gained popularity as spokesperson of third wave feminism. in the book Wolf argues that beauty as a normative value is entirely socially constructed.
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