Men_Like_Naked_Women

Men Like Naked Women Social standards and mores regarding sexual behavior have been in place for millennia. Given the historical subjectification of women by men, it is natural to assume that it has been men who have put these rules into place. In modern society, where there is no real authority dictating and enforcing strict rules concerning behavior, the world is ripe for men who wish to explore, impose, and enforce their fantasies. The imposition of the "male gaze" upon women is not young, but has only been given a name in recent times. Evidence of the male gaze in art is described accurately by John Berger in Ways of Seeing, but what kind of ramifications exist concerning portrayals of women, and especially nude women, outside of the world of high art' Certainly, the subject of pornography is a touchy one. Decried by the church as base and vile, limited to its content by the government, and enjoyed by millions each day in print, video, and online, pornography is perhaps the ultimate manifestation of the male gaze. And indeed, it is. Where is the line of demarcation between art and pornography, though' It might be natural to women, male, men, woman, pornography, gaze, been, art, world, painting, media, nude, however, first, television, society, sexual, picture, own, one, man, femininity, being, though, since, representation, represent, portraiture, photographs, perhaps, painted, nudes, natural, magazine, limited