Typology of the Gaze
The Gaze was brought into prominence through the psycho analytic language of Jacque Lacan. But he emphasized only one kind of gaze, the phallic gaze. Here I would like to disseminate various typologies. I would like to begin a narrative of Lacan’s Gaze, the Phallic. The phallic has strong libidinal connotations, meaning the gaze is of a sexual one. The phallic embraces masculine sexuality to its very core. It’s typical of the male libido that when he sees an attractive Read More