gaze

Gaze: look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought

• In the movie, Clueless the female gaze is portrayed through the lens of having the modern woman in the 90's choosing to seduce and pick the men they want, not having the men pick who they want.
• While the clothing choices are chic and stylish, they are not sexualizing women in any way. They can show the various styles from skater girls to girly girls, letting them wear whatever they choose to wear.
• This scene below shows the amount of time and effort it takes to be a woman, it is less of a fun activity and more of a duty.

• In the movie, Wolf of Wall Street the male gaze is heavily seen through all the characters within the movie. Jordan Belfort, the protagonist of the movie is the definition of the male gaze, being a wealthy white businessman with an attractive blonde wife.
• He believes that the world revolves solely around him, having Naomi's main purpose being to seduce and pleasure her husband after a long day of work.
• Once he starts to gain monetary value, he chooses Naomi's good looks over his former wife, having him have an affair.
• Throughout the entirety of the movie, every woman is sexualized from taping money all love their near-naked bodies or snorting cocaine off their chests. 
• This scene in the movie shows the woman being sexualized by having money taped onto her body. She is viewed as an object, being told what to do and not asked.

• Instagram famous Kim Kardashian has been accused of editing her Instagram pictures, creating an unrealistic idea of how women should and can look. This causes young women to have unrealistic goals and can cause self-esteem issues as well as body image problems.

There is always a stigma with various cultures and communities.

• Through the gaze of the classic stereotypes that conform people to social norms as well as give them a certain stigma behind their appearance.
• Americans are fat
• Asians are good at math
• Women are bad at math
• Italians can cook
• Europeans have forward fashion

As we all individually have our own gazes, we must take a step back and reflect on how our gazes on the world impact our everyday lives.
• the business gaze
• the social gaze
• the intimate gaze

All of these gazes have specific structures within the face that connect with different emotions and actions.