'According to the usage and conventions which are at last being questioned but have no means been overcome - men act women appear'

- Hans Memling 'Vanity' (1485)
- Alexandre Cabanel 'Birth of Venus' (1863)
- Sophie Dahlfor Opium
- Titian's Venus of Urbino (1538)
- Ingres 'Le Grande Odalisque' (1814)
- Maret - Bar at the Folios Bergeres (1882)
- Jeff Wall 'Picture for Women' (1979)
- Coward R. (1984)
        * The camera in contemporary media has been put to use as in extension of the male gaze at women on the streets'.