Phallocentric? Yes. Liberating? Ha.
It becomes obvious in the first few scenes of Girl on a Motorcycle that this film is phallocentric and not female liberating. In Rebecca's inital dream sequence she is on a horse at the circus, being controlled by the ringmaster (who we later find out is Daniel) and eventually has all of her clothes whipped off, much to her delight. Rebecca comes to rely on men to give her an identity and make her life exciting. This is evidenced by her phrases "I only come to life when he touches me," and "He never gives me any identity." Throughout the film, Rebecca is seen as a castrated women, who is contained by the male gaze. Dispite her solo journey, she is surrounded by men who treat her only as a sexual object, as noted by their gaze. The gas station attendent, boarder control men, old men at the restaurant, and her lover Daniel all look at Rebecca scopophilicly. Rebecca rejects the men in her life that don't excerise this control over her - namely, Raymond. Even the motorcycle is a "him" and gives Rebecca pleasure on her way to meet Daniel. Viewing Rebecca as castrated in the film even appears in her dreams, where she is subjected to the gaze of pulsating male eyes on more then one occasion. In the end, Rebecca is punished for her adulterous sins by being killed on the highway at exactly the time she was supposed to meet with Daniel.