Mulvey argues that, in mainstream cinema, the male gaze typically takes precedence over the female gaze, reflecting an underlying power asymmetry.
Vineyard noted, the cumulative effect seems like it's designed to put the listener in the lover's shoestaking full advantage of the aural male gaze.
The woman is aware of being the object of the male gaze.
Because of that, woman tend to look their best for the male gaze.
Sometimes a male character appears, usually to approve of or admire the gorgeous hair the product had created, but often the male gaze is implied.
Seen in the light of the x-ray, the female body became of particular interest on the doctor's table with the male gaze penetrating a previously hidden interior world.
The second is the change of roles between subject and object, between victim and aggressor, between the powerful and the impotent, between the female body and the male gaze.
The prevalence of mirrors therefore ultimately reflects the dominance of the male gaze under patriarchy - and the consequences of this gaze for the female subject.
