The Male Gaze is used in the music video of Gansta by Kehlani which is from the film Suicide Squad and it shows the dominance and power The Joker has over the females. This shows how although it focuses on more females in this music video, the males still seems to have control over them. This could be seen as degrading as the video does present women in a sexual manner but their clothing isn't that inappropriate. But Harley Quinn presents herself in an inappropriate way by doing very sexual dancing such as pole dancing and dancing on The Joker. This demonstrates the sexual relationship between men and women and we can see The Male Gaze being physically used by The Joker. This is degrading as it shows her dancing is the only reason he's communicating with her.
In the music video, we're introduced to Kehlani who is lying on the floor in a suggestive way but is wearing appropriate clothing still and is surrounded by glass and has a baseball bat. This suggests she's trying to present herself in a rebellious way. At 12 seconds, we see a girl hanging upside down in a cage which presents women in a weak way as we see she's in a very bad state. This suggests someone as been very violent and forceful to her to get her into this position. But, the cage is surrounded by barbed wire which could suggest she's either dangerous, smart or powerful which isn't the stereotypical viewpoint of a female.
Kehlani is shown wearing rings which is very typical of a female to be wearing jewellery yet we can see she has tattoos which generally males typically have. At 42 seconds, we're introduced to The Joker and through a over the shoulder shot, we see him touching another females lips in a very suggestive way. It also shows us looking at her in a high angle which suggests the idea that she's weaker than him and he has power over her.
At 1 minute, we are shown a girl in water wearing very suggestive clothing and it suggests she's drowning. This is also shown with red lighting and smoke which is very alluring as red is the colour for love and lust. We're not really shown the girls face which again suggest to the audience the main focus on this girl is her body which again is very degrading.
At 1 minute 12 seconds, The Joker gives a female a very lustful look and as the focus is on the female at the time, she doesn't seem to respond to this and almost appears afraid. Following on from this, The Joker pulls a girl out of a hot liquid at 1 minute 24 seconds which suggests he was trying to drown her. The way he lifts her out of this shows how he has the dominant role in this situation.
We are now shown some very provocative dancing at 1 minute 51 seconds and The Joker makes it very clear he's enjoying it. Following on from this, she physically dances on him in a very sexual manner at 2 minutes 6 seconds but it does appear she has control over what she's doing which shows she wasn't forced. They're surrounded by a big group of people which suggests women are only used for sex and entertainment.
But at 2 minutes 21 seconds, the same girl who was doing provocative dancing is shown wearing lots of clothes and is reading a book. She appears to not be trying to impress anyone which shows she's been de-sexualised which is a large contrast to how she was before.
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