She discussed the way in which the camera assumes the position of a male spectator and therefore encourages the audience to view films/music videos from the male perspective.
This is referee to as the male gaze and situated men as objects to be identified with whereas women are shown to be objectified. Think like a man, but look/gaze at the women.
The camera more frequently uses slow motion shots, panning and tilting around female characters as a means of objectifying them to the male gaze.
Rihanna encapsulates the male gaze through the conspicuous close-ups of naked women. The slow zoom around the trunk reveals Rihanna to be naked in the trunk, slow motion shots of naked bodies, slow pan across the swimming pool as the girls sunbathe in the bikinis. 
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