Male-gazey

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Presenting women in a way which implicitly assumes the viewer or reader is a heterosexual man. informal

    "For most of the movie, I’m torn between wanting to make a list of every overtly male-gazey shot, wanting to leave the theater to go get chicken tenders and wanting to take body shots off of Vanessa Hudgens."

Example

More examples

"For most of the movie, I’m torn between wanting to make a list of every overtly male-gazey shot, wanting to leave the theater to go get chicken tenders and wanting to take body shots off of Vanessa Hudgens."

Etymology

From male gaze + -y.

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