Additionally, the Freudian theory on the Ego plays a relevant part in Mulvey's article when she mentions the developmental period in which the child develops the self-awareness that is achieved from recognizing itself in a mirror, thus constituting the crucial ego. ... Her contention on the dominance of the male spectatorship over female pointedly strikes at the patriarchy in society, and her example of Lisa's exhibitionism and Jeffries' voyeurism in Hitchcock's Rear Window illustrate her point, yet also presents itself to be easily arguable. ...

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