Please note this thread is located in the Feminist Only forum. If one wishes to debate the notions of Male Gaze and Fanservice outside the exclusive forum, you are free to do so.
Let's clarify first, and please add to my definition of the terms if you wish, what Male Gaze and Fanservice is:
Male Gaze is the perspective or lens that is being projected out to the audience. What do males perceive, and what do males focus on, is shown on screen, in sculpture, on stage, and in print. An example is that in a heterosexual love scene in film, the camera is sure to show more of a woman's body than a man's, as well as show her reactions to pleasure more than a man's reactions to pleasure. There are many other examples as well in literature - both fiction and non-fiction - that strictly offer what males see and experience without any input or validity to what females see and experience.
Fanservice is where a T&A shot in movie and literature is placed there specifically to titillate an audience (targeted entirely toward people who are attracted to women), and plays no part in the development of a story. Plenty of examples are given in gaming (see the various Tropes discussions), in comics, and in film, where the view showcases a woman's body in a cookie-cutter fashion of perfectly symmetrical proportions....not as a wonder of her ability to engage in battle and be a part of the story, but to showcase and sexualize and titillate.
My questions for RF feminists are as follows:
- Assuming that the Male Gaze and Fanservice occur at a rate that is noteworthy, do you see them occuring less often or more often than in times past? How so?
- If there were more female writers, directors, producers, and artists were employed and/or commissioned to produce works for the masses, do you see them offering more of a Female Gaze? Or do you see more or less the status quo continuing unless there are more socio-political progress made outside the humanities and the arts/entertainment industries?
- Assuming that the prevalence of the Male Gaze and Fanservice provide a wall of opportunity for womens equality, what solutions do you have to change it?
Thanks bunches, and Happy Friday!
Let's clarify first, and please add to my definition of the terms if you wish, what Male Gaze and Fanservice is:
Male Gaze is the perspective or lens that is being projected out to the audience. What do males perceive, and what do males focus on, is shown on screen, in sculpture, on stage, and in print. An example is that in a heterosexual love scene in film, the camera is sure to show more of a woman's body than a man's, as well as show her reactions to pleasure more than a man's reactions to pleasure. There are many other examples as well in literature - both fiction and non-fiction - that strictly offer what males see and experience without any input or validity to what females see and experience.
Fanservice is where a T&A shot in movie and literature is placed there specifically to titillate an audience (targeted entirely toward people who are attracted to women), and plays no part in the development of a story. Plenty of examples are given in gaming (see the various Tropes discussions), in comics, and in film, where the view showcases a woman's body in a cookie-cutter fashion of perfectly symmetrical proportions....not as a wonder of her ability to engage in battle and be a part of the story, but to showcase and sexualize and titillate.
My questions for RF feminists are as follows:
- Assuming that the Male Gaze and Fanservice occur at a rate that is noteworthy, do you see them occuring less often or more often than in times past? How so?
- If there were more female writers, directors, producers, and artists were employed and/or commissioned to produce works for the masses, do you see them offering more of a Female Gaze? Or do you see more or less the status quo continuing unless there are more socio-political progress made outside the humanities and the arts/entertainment industries?
- Assuming that the prevalence of the Male Gaze and Fanservice provide a wall of opportunity for womens equality, what solutions do you have to change it?
Thanks bunches, and Happy Friday!