He says that Indian art "shows active sexual love between two people in which the woman is as active as the man, the actions of each absorbing the other. » (53) One of the main differences between Indian art and European art is that Indian art gives equal respect to men and women, it considers women equal to men and therefore describes them "as active than man. On the other hand, European art gives men influence over women, depicting them as weak and delicate creatures and assigning them a distinct role; to flatter men. The relationship between men and women in European society is also visible in Laura Mulvey's article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative