HOW DO WOMEN LOOK? THE FEMALE NUDE IN THE WORK OF

The representation of women in the visual media has become a crucial area of concern for the Women's Movement over the last few years. Most energies have been put, quite rightly, into countering the stereotyping and sexism of media images. Evidence of how wide such concerns have become is shown by the very useful booklet published by the Trade Union Congress this year, Images of Inequality: The Portrayal of Women in the Media and Advertising (TUC, 1984). At a more theoretical level, a body of feminist work has been developed which analyses the position of the male spectator in relation