The Double Consciousness Created by Male Gaze Upon Young Women in Chinese Society

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10.2991/assehr.k.210806.128How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Male Gaze, Double Consciousness, Young Women in Chinese Society, Conflict of Identity

Abstract

Male gaze, originally a common phenomenon in films, can also be applied to daily life. In modern Chinese society, male gaze is giving rise to a sense of double consciousness among young females, which indicates that their real self is constantly conflicting with and even being repressed by the other self that is dominated by the gaze from males. Data from social media and online database demonstrate the impact of the double consciousness on young female individuals from the aspects of body anxiety, workplace inequality, and family roles. By analyzing the status quo of young females in China, this paper illustrates how male gaze is actually affecting them by undermining their recognition of their real self—their individuality and their identity-- in their subconscious. Although analysis of specific film suggests efforts of females to avoid male gaze, it is still hard to raise the awareness of this double consciousness due to the history of Chinese feudal society that has long oppressed the nature of women.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zixuan Wang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/09
TI  - The Double Consciousness Created by Male Gaze Upon Young Women in Chinese Society
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 683
EP  - 687
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210806.128
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210806.128
ID  - Wang2021
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