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In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female…In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness

Laura Mulvey

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Laura Mulvey
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 15
Academic
Art Historian
Director
Film Critic
Film Director
Film Theorist
Screenwriter
Strong
Active
Visuals
Ness
Women
Impact
Passive
Displayed
World
Female
Visual
Imbalance
Looked
Sexual
Ordered
Role
Male
Erotic
Roles
Males
Simultaneously
Connote
Pleasure
Appearance
Split
Coded
Looking
Traditional
Splits
Exhibitionist

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