Talk:Masculinity Portrayed Advertisements through the Male Gaze

Really liked your topic of choice. It was interesting to read how something we don't think of consciously plays a huge role in advertisements and marketing. I think something I would add are a few more references including links to examples of advertisements that play on the "male gaze", and possibly an examination of each? Overall, really interesting topic and wikipage!

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Your wiki page was very interesting to read and I think you did a great job at explaining the effects of the male gaze. If you were looking to write more about this topic, a suggestion I have is maybe looking into the counterargument of the female gaze and whether this exists to the same degree as the male gaze. It might be interesting to explore the differences between the two, if there is a double standard at play, or possibly the lack of the female gaze in advertisement because women have always been the centre of objectification.

I think this a really great suggesting if you are intact looking into adding some more information to your page! Investigating the opposite concept of the 'female gaze' and comparing it to the 'male gaze' could either validate or lessen the significance of the male gaze!

Hi! your Wiki Entry topic is very creative and interesting I was really looking forward to reading about the Male Gaze as female objectivity is evident through the daily experiences of many women. I also really likes the images and examples you chose, I think they were very suitable for the topic and visualized the significance and relevance of the Male Gaze.

I think it would be great if you included another few references! I think adding more opinions and sources on this topic would be helpful to show the validity of your arguments and to guide readers in different paths if they want to explore the topic more.

This is an excellent post, and I think your examples do a good job of expressing your point. My feedback is just about providing some more background to the topic so that readers will better understand where the male gaze and examples fit in a broader context. For example, does the trend you are examining persist in advertising for TV, billboards, magazines, internet, or all? What region is this advertising most common? What time period are you focusing on? I imagine this trend of hypermasculinity in advertising was present historically and today, so it is important to define what you are talking about in this article. On that note, it would be very interesting if you briefly overviewed the history of masculinity in advertising.

This topic is one that I am also passionate about and volunteering the YWCA has meant that I've been lucky to learn through some of their resources about hypermasculinity and hypersexualitzation of women in media. In particular, here is a research report that might be helpful in further your analysis: https://ywcavan.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/Culture-Shift-Research-Report-Final-WEB.pdf

I think you talk about a lot of points in quite a thorough way such as the concept of the male gaze. I do want to point out towards the end you also mention how some belief in sexual objectification empowering women but I think there is also another viewpoint (for the sake of neutrality in expressing views) is that some women feel that by choosing what they show on social media in terms of less or more conservative clothing or less/more suggestive poses is powerful because it is their decision. I know recently Ariana Grande through some tweets and some other celebrities were mentioning how women shouldn't be shamed for showing cleavage etc because they felt beautiful for doing so or more empowered from it. Not sure if that would be relevant to consider!

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