To what extent is Laura Mulvey's article ?Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' true to the representation of women in film noir?

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This can be explained through the concept of scopophilia, the desire to look at someone else and narcissistic voyeurism. Mulvey claims that scopophilia in cinema has a structure that is based on activity and passivity. Women in film are there for male requirements. They are usually seen as powerless whereas males are seen as powerful...
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Women in film are there for male requirements. They are usually seen as powerless whereas males are seen as powerful. The audience are made to identify with the male character on screen regardless of whether they are male or female because what is seen on screen is always filmed from a male point of view therefore the female character is seen as an object to the audience as well as the male character...
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