Abstract
The male gaze is a concept that has always existed in society and has been gradually recognized and discussed by Chinese people in recent years. On Weibo, there are plenty of cases and topics about the male gaze. Researchers have found that the male gaze on Weibo can affect womens careers in some way. Therefore, this paper analyzes and summarizes the cases and comments on Weibo to explore how the male gaze on Weibo affects womens careers. The article found that the male gaze has characteristics: extreme, aggressive, and double standard on Weibo, and these characteristics show the means of the male gaze affecting womens careers, affecting women through negative comments, and causing a blow to womens careers. These characteristics come from mens desire for power and oppression of women under the patriarchal social structure. Therefore, if women want to get rid of this kind of influence, they need to be encouraged to make bold resistance to the oppression of the whole patriarchal society.
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