Wiktionary
n. (cx social science English) The implicit assumption or presentation of the viewpoint of a heterosexual man in films and other visual media, often manifesting in lingering, eroticized shots of women's bodies.
Wikipedia
The male gaze is the way in which the visual arts and literature depict the world and women from a masculine point of view, presenting women as objects of male pleasure. The phrase male gaze was coined by feminist film critic Laura Mulvey in 1975.
The male gaze consists of three perspectives:
- that of the person behind the camera,
- that of the characters within the representation or film itself, and
- that of the spectator.
Usage examples of "male gaze".
Her full human mammaries were exposed to his male gaze and touch, but now she had no fear.
It wasn't good for a Princess to associate with anyone who might distract the male gaze from the Princess herself.
What a pity she was going to be married, he thought as his male gaze swept over his visitor.