Japanese Animation and New Media
Week Twelve: Chapter Twenty: The Spiral Dance of Symptom and Specter
As it turns out, these crotch shots are destined for men’s eyes. The young woman sells the lewd photos to a man running a pornography stop. In other words, although the young woman photographer seems to be in the subject position behind the camera, she is standing in for the man subject, objectifying women for the male viewer.
