Laura Mulvey is a feminist film theorist who also often comments on the current male/female dynamic within films and music videos. She is a professor at Birkbeck, University of London.
Mulvey is most known for arguing at the male is often allowed the position of spectator whereas the woman is gazed upon and changed according to preference. A famous quote of hers is...
Examples and evidence of her theory can be seen here:
http://imlportfolio.usc.edu/ctcs505/mulveyVisualPleasureNarrativeCinema.pdf
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