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Recent studies in the sociology of culture have paid a lot of attention to issues of audience interpretation and the construction of meaning. According to those, our ability to receive and process information is affected by the availability of imagery around us. The arts, our literature, pop culture, etc; consist of a universe mainly portrayed through a masculine, heterosexual point of view. The unconscious effects of the male gaze are a recurring topic of exploration in my work. What is particularly intriguing is how, as a result of traditional masculine gender role socialization, many men develop defencing mechanisms to protect them from being perceived as “less men”. The male gender role ...View all