Steve Neale wrote his essay “Masculinity As Spectacle: Reflections on Men and Mainstream Media” for the purpose of informing others on how under discussed masculinity is in mainstream cinema. Neale wanted his essay to be the gateway to future discussions that are focused on how masculinity is hardly discussed because the idea of men is already recognized and not questionable, while women still remain a mystery. This essay is used as a tool to complicate a received view of things, meaning that Neale wants his audience to be informed about how masculinity should not be overlooked by femininity in the cinema. Neale uses Laura Mulvey’s essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” as a central referencing point to further expand on some of her main
