Is the male gaze natural or cultural?
Cultural. While the gaze as a general concept could be argued to have a natural component, an integral part of what makes up the “male gaze” is the societal construct of male as active/powerful and female as passive/weak. While there are theories in evolutionary biology that use nature to explain how this construct emerged, they are largely based on guesswork and no scientific studies have conclusively found evidence that such behaviours are hardwired into our biology.
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