Mature women in entertainment and cinema are currently experiencing a period of increased visibility, though they still face significant systemic challenges regarding how they are represented
Historically, cinema suffered from a severe case of the "male gaze," a term coined by Laura Mulvey, which posited that women were objects to be looked at, usually by male protagonists. Once an actress aged out of the narrow bracket of "ingénue," she ceased to be an object of desire and, consequently, ceased to be of interest to the studio system. Mature women in entertainment and cinema are currently
Mature women in entertainment and cinema are currently experiencing a period of increased visibility, though they still face significant systemic challenges regarding how they are represented
Historically, cinema suffered from a severe case of the "male gaze," a term coined by Laura Mulvey, which posited that women were objects to be looked at, usually by male protagonists. Once an actress aged out of the narrow bracket of "ingénue," she ceased to be an object of desire and, consequently, ceased to be of interest to the studio system.