He's most certainly not considered influential in any scientific fields. You've misunderstood my comment.
I think maybe the feminist movements adopted his beliefs and repeated them infinitely to the extent that they've become as facts without any scientific basis. Regardless, I hear people regurgitating Berger-like beliefs in art museums around the world.
Male gaze, sure. (That's not Berger's btw. It's Mulvey using Berger beliefs. Great example.)
The idea that we can draw much knowledge about the owner of the painting of a fat woman, simply from the painting, is just not based in any science.
Hopefully that's more clear.