Laura Mulvey's Gaze Theory argues that women are sexually objectified and portrayed as objects to be looked at in music videos. Specifically, camera work and shots are used to sexualize women by focusing on curves and presenting them as objects rather than people based on male desires. Stuart Hall's Reception Theory then states that media producers encode messages and meanings into texts, but audiences can decode them in different, sometimes unintended ways, including dominant, negotiated, or oppositional readings.