Scopophilia is literally defined as "the love of looking" but the term also refers to "the predominantly male gaze of Hollywood cinema" ("Scopophilia," 1). It basically refers to the tendency in many Hollywood films to objectify women making them into objects that are looked at and denying them their own voice. Filmmakers in Hollywood and elsewhere use exotic spectacle
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