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English
Etymology
From male gaze + -y.
Adjective
male-gazey (comparative male-gazier, superlative male-gaziest)
- (informal) Presenting women in a way which implicitly assumes the viewer or reader is a heterosexual man.
2013 March 28, “Baked, Buzzed, Bored: 'Spring Breakers'”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan:For most of the movie, I’m torn between wanting to make a list of every overtly male-gazey shot, wanting to leave the theater to go get chicken tenders and wanting to take body shots off of Vanessa Hudgens.
2014 March 6, Athena G. Csuti, “U of C confessions too revealing”, in The Gauntlet, volume 54, number 32, University of Calgary, page 9:I “liked” the U of C Compliments page on Facebook. While its content tends to lean towards male-gazey compliments about foxy women at the gym, I still think it’s kind of sweet that people take the time and effort to say something kind anonymously with no incentive.
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