With the change in direction of the investigation and the associated research, I use questionnaire for the next step. The aim is to identify the main stakeholders, as well as feedback from multiple groups.
Survey Questions:
- What is your age?
- What is your gender?
- What is your sexual orientation?
- Do you have a sense of the presence of the male gaze in the social media?
- Are you satisfied with the image you have now?
- If you are satisfied with your self-image, do you think your satisfaction results from conforming to your own expectations or to the expectations others have of you? If not, do you feel that your image does not yet match your expectations of yourself, or do you feel that your image is not preferred in mainstream social media?
- Do you think the male gaze in mainstream media has had an impact on your self-image definition? (e.g. dissatisfaction with certain body parts, or trying to look cute/sexy/innocent through make-up, etc.)
- If the male gaze has influenced you, have these influences made a huge change in shaping your individuality, talent or ability or have they made you passive in the process of shaping your individuality, talent or ability?
- Do you ever think about/try to break free from this influence? If so have you found it difficult to change or have you got used to it?
- What areas would you like to see improved to help women escape the effects of the male gaze?
The link of the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CLWMH52