Riptide – Representations of Gender.
Are these representations sexualised for audience pleasure and do the support The Male Gaze? We see sexualised representations evident in riptide when we are shown a mid shot of a woman slowly undressing from a bikini facing away from us so all we see is her body and the use of the bikini helps outline the woman body and figure which would appeal to a heterosexual male due to her being represented quite sexually. The male gaze refers to how woman are portrayed in a sexual way in media to attract the male audience n by the woman being almost naked this will help attract heterosexual males. Do they challenge the sexualisation of women in the music industry? Riptide do not challenge the sexualisation of women they conform to the typical sexual representation of women by including the a mid shot of a woman undressing which appeals to the theory of bell hooks and the struggle of femininity as this disregards the theory and sort of supports it as the woman is represented sexua