Peeping Tom

This week, I learned different THEORIES about different ways to view male and female characters in films. The two main ways are known as scopohilic and narcissistic looking. Scopohilic is the act of subconsciously viewing a subject as an erotic identity and narcissistic looking demands identification of the object on the screen through the spectator's fascination. According to researchers, scopohilic relates more to men and narcissistic relates more to woman. In simple terms, the man views the character sexually and instead of the woman viewing the man sexually, she views the woman with envy. We then implied this way of thinking with the Hitchcock classic, Rear Window. Rear Window focuses on a man who is stuck in a wheelchair and the only form of entertainment is to watch his neighbors go about their business. Hitchcock is known for casting very beautiful woman in his films and this one is no exception. The famous Grace Kelly plays the main love interest which sets off a lot of scopohilic views for the male audience. There is another woman in the film who is known as Ms. Torso because she likes to practice her dance moves in her underwear across the court yard. Not only does this emphasize the scopohilic view but I feel that this triggers the narcissistic view with the woman audience. Agree or disagree???