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MilitantNegro  ·  3733 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: BeyoncĂ©, Feminism & The Male Gaze

    It's no shorter, no more descriptive than saying "for men". Beyonce doesn't perform for men.

Which is why the term "male gaze" is appropriate. It distinguishes that which is done expressly for men, which you recognise Beyonce's music is not, and the aesthetic that is certainly done for men's benefit, or the male gaze.

Men are not at Beyonce concerts in large numbers, but the sexuality is that which everyone present recognises as that which appeals to men. It panders to a world where attractiveness to men is valuable.