| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| f816ad4 | She longed to be to him something more than a piece of sentient prettiness, a passing diversion to his eye and brain. | female-objectification male-gaze objectification | Edith Wharton | |
| 820e778 | If I were shabby no one would have me: a woman is asked out as much for her clothes as for herself. | male-gaze objectification politics-of-fashion women-s-fashion | Edith Wharton | |
| ed46487 | He looks me to pieces ... I realize now that I have been glimpsed and corner-of-the-eyed before, by the Chief and my sister and the yawning tourists. But I have never actually been looked at. Not like this. | karen-russell looking looks male-gaze seeing seeing-people staring | Karen Russell |