Men look at women, women see themselves being looked at, in mainstream societies anyway. They spend a huge amount of time looking at other women too, in print, movies, on the street.
It is good to see the portrayal of women is shifting these days - you see in movies much more interesting female leads, strong women with actual skin, not that rubbery plastic business so beloved of magazines and the PS smoothers. Homeland, Dexter, Gone Girl, Zero Dark Thirty, the Danish cop series The Killing come to mind. Like most of us I love character most of all, and the faces that show it. The tide is turning!