The definition/meaning of male gaze is that in arts and today society women are represented as a sexually based object. The male gaze is something persuasive and discussion of topic to talk about for both the art and the world. A woman is viewed as a pleasure piece to men where they can do what they want to do. Women have always been targeted at some point of their lives with judgments and harassments. For example, if a woman looks tired then she is not pleasurable to men. Infact, if she doesn't want to look presentable then she is ugly. To explain, "They do to themselves what men do to them. They survey, like men, their own femininity" (63). Females often tries to compare themselves with other females by thinking how they represent to one another. In today society, the image of a women has not yet been changed. "But the essential way of seeing women, the essential use to which their image is to put, has not changed" (64). Women still think in a way that they are being judged upon their looks and approach. Women are beautiful in every way and every kind even the art represents women in a creative way that each kind are beautiful in their own way. What is disagreeing that "... a woman's presence expresses her own attitude to herself and defines what can and cannot be done to her' (46). A woman can be nice and sweet and still be mistreated and harassed however, a woman can be too nice to let a man do what they want a do. Basically, it depends what boundaries you set out there, but a woman attitude should not reflect on the way a man should be treating her. " Men survey women before treating them " (46) women show an image of sexuality and a sense of saying a man can do whatever they want to them, while, a woman should know today how to stand up for herself and promote her right of being treated fairly. " A woman should be continually watch herself" (46) to explain, a woman should know how to be a showpiece or an object through her abilities of personalities. However, in some countries still a women personality is based on her apparel, if she dresses to reveling then she is a ton of words that is not appropriate and if she covers up herself then something probably not right about her, also, if she does not dress up she is not as modern or broad thinking as every woman should be. Moreover, is that the society does not like a woman living on her own rules, obligations and standards. Even in some home practice people do not put television at their home just because they do not want some of their girls to be influenced by on seen television. On the other hand, in patriarchy a woman is shown weak and helpless. Most cases, women are the one who get punished because on base of one-man act. "The second striking fact is that the women are blamed and is punished by being made subservient to the man" (48). While, in this world a man has more power over the women. Also, patriarchy talks about assign gender roles. " Patriarchy is a political social system that insists that males are inherently dominating, superior to everything and everyone deemed weak, especially females, and endowed with the right to dominant and rule over the weak and the maintain that dominance through various forms of psychological terrorism and violence" (2). Males are like the barrier while females are nothing in patriarchy. However, it is not set to a 100% fact situation because they say every successful man has a successful woman helping him gain the victory of his life. Furthermore, the reading of patriarchy explains that "he was taught that for a boy, enjoying violence was a good thing (albeit in appropriate setting). He was taught that a boy should no express his feelings. I was taught that girls could and should express their feelings, or at least some of them " (19). Honestly in know these things still happen like this, for example, a smart intelligent girl did not get a chance to go to college because of at home patriarchy still exists that girls are not allowed to get an education because they will get out of control and a guy should get an education because he has and should be the only source of the house income. Also, a man anger should be more valued than a woman because a man anger always tends to be out of control while a woman should always have respect for her superior. In some cases, women do not stand up for themselves with the hitting and abuse because they think it is right for a man to be hitting and torturing them.
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