Van Zoonen

• What is Liesbet Van Zoonens theory?


  Feminist theory
• What does Van Zoonen focus on?

  She focuses on how men and women are represented in the media and how this links to the limited roles women play within the TV industrial
• What type of feminist is Van Zoonen?

  a Third wave feminist
• What does Van Zoonen argue about women?

  • Objects of the male gaze
  • Restricted to secondary roles
  • Passive participants
  • Forced to reinforce narrow beauty ideals
  • Looks that ‘invite the male gaze’
• What is the quote that Van Zoonen says about the female body as an object?

  “A core element of western patriarchal culture is the display of woman as a object to be looked at and subjected to the gaze of the (male) audience”
• How does Van Zoonen suggest male bodies are?

  ‘authoritative’

  ‘strong’

  ‘active’