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Girl on a Motor Cycle

Girl on a motor cycle uses the concepts of male gaze and phallocentrism throughout this movie. it is a story about woman who is not so happy with her marriage. She is constantly watched by this stranger which relates to the male gaze and eventually gets raped by this man one night and falls for him so much that she decides to ride her bike, and leave her husband to be with this rapist male gazer. Usually the concept of motor cycle is very much related with independence. At least, that's how the motor cycles are used when males are riding it. However, in this movie because a woman is riding the motorcycle- I don't perceive her as an independent women. Instead- her riding off her motorcyle to be with this stranger shows that she is very dependent upon the male- which is related to the phallocentrism concept. She is not independent because she left one phallus to be with another phallus. In a way, you could say that she is a hypocrite.

I don't think that all gazes are just males gaze. It can be a gaze of any one watching whoever. Yes, it is true that majority of the gazer might be a male. But, that doesn't necessarily mean that it is just male gaze. It can be a woman gaze. It can be a straight gaze or a gay gaze or whatever gaze.

In this movie, it was the male gaze.

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