A form of reading
- EGO - consciousness - 'the side that we show the world'
- SUPER EGO - what lies beneath the surface
- morals etc
- our conscience, formed through childhood.
- ID - desire, basic and fundamental
- inhibited by the super ego.
'A precarious situation of desiring something but having to repress it'
(simpsons example) - when your super ego fails you, that is a trauma, and the ID bubbles to the surface.
(left lecture for print session - continuing with notes from catch up seminar.)
THE GAZE
'men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at’ John Berger.
- men objectifying women etc..
Female nudes..
Examples used that do not appear in lecture presentation...
1st painting - woman with a child's face, obedient.
2nd painting - Manet - Olympia? prostitute. different gaze, woman is more powerful, challenging the male viewer - independence + power.
Victoria Beckham example. (narcissistic damage - .Coward)
- panoptic male gaze
- self regulates as she is constantly aware of being watched
- (potential dissertation)
What is girl power then?
Do women that dress like men (power dressing) just support male superiority?
MAY WEST - "Is that a gun in your pocket? Or are you just pleased to see me?"
- similar to Olympia, a 'whore' but feminine and powerful. A 'man eater'.
WOMENS MAGAZINES
- the problem is accentuated by women themselves!
- Magazines promote anxiety and unconfidence
- Examples show the magazines are geared towards mens needs?
- Portrayed as female empowerment, but they are not.
- sex and the city..
To what extent are men objectified?
-are they still projected with a male gaze on sexuality?
Bob Hope quote "Pretty girls..." ?
- stereotypical feminist... - plain, fat, can't get a man etc..
Sarah Lucas - visual gags - two fried eggs and a kebab
- The language of our culture
- Sarah uses that language and exposes it as idiotic.
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