Feminsm, gender and cinema

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This is a response on the of cinema and gender studies There are three articles involved in the and these are Afterthoughts on Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema which is written by Laura Mulvey , The Hypothetical Lesbian Heroin by Chris Straayer , and Film and the Masquerade : Theorizing the Female Spectator written by Mary Anne Doane . Since cinema and gender studies are two related s and deeply intertwined with each other , the analysis to be presented should be

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In the Film and the Masquerade : Theorizing the Female Spectator , the author pointed out that the real nature of a woman can be viewed on what signifies man . It was supported by several analysis of Freud , Burch Irigaray and many others . Most of the authors agree that women steal masculinity and the only way to hide it is to emphasize feminine flirtation . The strength of these arguments lies on the capability of women to excel just like as men and possess physical bodies that defy mystery . On the other hand , the weakness of the arguments is related to the fact that not all circumstances that it could be applied

Moreover , in Afterthoughts on Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema , the author believes that the third person masculine always catches as the right audience for films . Despite the fact that some people look for the representation of women , several ideas surpasses such fact which points to the power of...