Laura Mulvey's Theory

Laura Mulvey's perspective is not so much a theory, but an opinion. Mulvey claims women are misrepresented within the media, where their identities are cut off and all that shows are intended for sexual appeal. She claims women, generally speaking, are ‘dismembered’ within all forms of the media, stripping them from their identity, only to be seen as ‘items’.

Examples I found that heavily prove this theory to be corrected are Holiday - Dizzee Rascal & Ratchet - Borgore.

The Dizzee Rascal track, in question, shows much more identity to the men in the music video, wearing more clothes than the women, who are sexualised.



The track by Borgore (explicit warning, just in case) definitely proves Mulvey's theory to be correct. The women in the music video rarely have their faces shown, but more attention is posed around their bodies.