Male Gaze

In A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick has positioned the audience in such a way that the male gaze theory is present throughout in scenes such as the treatment scene, the home invasion scene and the finale of the film. This is done in different ways such as showing the women in the film as passive or just never giving us a POV of a women, not allowing us to align with any of them.

During the treatment scene, how is the spectator punished?
By this point of the film, it is believed by many that since the audience is still here with Alex (as oppose to choosing to just not watch the film at all), then they too are in need of punishment due to their involvement of the previous crimes. Alex introduces the scene via his narration, and refers to the audience once again as his 'brothers'. The audience, who have now been directly identified, are invited in to the scene. 
During the punishment of Alex, the audience are given an Extreme Close-Up of Alex's right eye (which has been identified earlier in the film as symbolic of the evil side of Alex's persona, due to the make-up in his costume. This connotes his evil persona is being punished) which has been cramped open by metal prongs. The audience are forced to watch this which in turn will distress and disturb some audiences. The Close-Up of Alex's face as he is being tortured also tells the audience of the terror and pain Alex is going through. His excessive screaming and begging to stop can also distress some audiences. It is thought that while Alex may be being punished for violent crimes through the Ludvigo Technique, the audience are being punished for their involvement in the crimes by being shown these distressing images. With the Audience and Alex both being punished for their crimes, it enhances their growing relationship, showing a sort of solidarity and unity between the two. The audience will also sympathise with Alex more through this scene, thus aligning with him more.

During 'Home invasion' how is the spectator implicit in the attack? 
In this scene we are positioned as a spectator of this attack almost as if we were there in the room as the attack was happening, as we do not see any POV shots and often the shots are detached from the characters as if we were there. As we do not turn the film off or leave the cinema we not doing anything against the violence or denying it, we are not condoning the actions but we are witnessing it and by not turning it off we go along with the violence and are later in the film punished for this as Alex is during the treatment scene. In this scene Kubrick never shows us how it is to be assaulted but does show us how it is to commit it through the lack of POV shots from the women and as we are positioned away from the characters and also the alignment with Alex, this almost softens us up for the attack.

During the finale, how are both Alex and the spectator rewarded?
At the end of the film, Frederick tells Alex of his wrong-doing to put him through the treatment and offers an apology. Just as he does so, an uplifting score gradually rises and the audience are shown a POV shot of Alex. Now that the audience are in Alex's eyes, they can identify with them too be being rewarded. The flowers, the speakers hurling the uplifting score and the press taking photographs at the audience are all for the audience as well as Alex. It could even be a way of Kubrick making his apology for making the audience go through their punishment also. 
For Alex, the score is the main piece of reward in my opinion as it triggers a response to his former self. Alex then tells the audience after a short dream sequence via narration "Oh, I was cured alright". The 'was' implies that the cure is now past tense, and that Alex is now back to himself. Because the audience have identified and sympathised with Alex all the way through the film, the return to his former self is welcomed. The uplifting score also leads to the connotation that this return to former-Alex is a victory, and it should be celebrated.

These scenes are prime examples of how Kubrick has used the male gaze in his film to get his point across and this i feel is done very well, you do not notice you are partaking in these actions and this shows just how well Kubrick was able to manipulate the spectators emotions and opinions.