Her quote: "In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active /male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly"
In summary she's explaining how women are dressed and portrayed in order to please the male gender, and are there for their own pleasure. Based on this theory, I think women are shown mainly undressed, with parts of their body (e.g. boobs and bum) highlighted or zoomed in on, and them strutting around with men looking at them suggestively and judging them.
An example of where the video is steering towards men's viewing pleasure is Lady Marmalade. The costumes in this are extremely suggestive and wouldn't be worn normally.

There are times where people try to challenge this theory, such as Paramore and their video Ignorance.
Her outfits are very covering and aren't tight fitted, also most of the video is dark and you cant see her much anyway, apart from her hair and her face, the video also focuses on her male band mates who don't ever look at her, she always looks at them. This reverses the roles and makes the men's presence for her gaze instead.
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