Isabel Valdés

Body-shaming against female Olympians and other sportswomen is rife. Water polo player Paula Leitón is the latest to be subjected to intense physical scrutiny

It’s a crime whose rates are on the rise around the world, including in Spain, which registered 4,460 reports last year alone. Director Patricia Franquesa, who fell victim to the phenomenon, is turning her experience into a documentary

The Mexican writer just published ‘Transporte a la infancia,’ a story of violence and love through her memories as a young trans girl who, in many ways, was saved by her mother

Several states, including France and Germany, without which there is no qualified majority to carry out the law, are refusing to accept consent as the basis for sexual crimes

Psychologists, lawyers and experts speak out on the differences and complications — including psychological, emotional and legal — that result from aggressions whose survivors have no conscious memory of the act

The resignation of Luis Rubiales over a non-consensual kiss at the World Cup was the result of a merger of forces, from street protesters to politicians, judges, and society at large

Luis Rubiales — the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation — forcibly kissed top-scorer Jenni Hermoso, after her team defeated England 1-0. He then followed her into the locker room and joked about marrying her. These occurrences eclipsed a historic moment in women’s soccer

Data and experts indicate that each generation is engaging in fewer sexual relationships than the previous one due to a variety of reasons from technology to job insecurity, housing, and feminism

A scientific article suggests that ‘fear and threat can block cortical neural circuits for action control, leading to involuntary immobility,’ meaning that ‘arguments that blame victims for freezing are thus inappropriate and unjust’

The clinical psychologist and sex educator José Luis García has spent four decades studying the effects of pornography on minors

For women who decide not to share a home with their partners, traditional perceptions of love give way to a newfound autonomy

Spain ranks 11th in porn consumption on the world’s largest platform, Pornhub. Experts point to violent pornography as problematic for emotional education and a factor in the increase of sexual violence among teenagers

The miniseries ‘pornoXplotación,’ by Mabel Lozano, examines the industry, the trafficking networks that sustain it and its migration to the digital world

Women face double shifts, a mental load and self-imposed demands, especially at work. Influenced by gender stereotypes, these expectations rob females of their free time

Low-cost clinics, aggressive sales promotions and massive exposure to unreal models of beauty, especially through social media, are misrepresenting the implications of these procedures

Mark Zuckerberg’s company turned over personal chats between a mother and daughter, sparking widespread debate about online privacy in the post-Roe era

Man who confessed to sexually assaulting, threatening, and beating a woman is set free after striking a plea deal

Many feminists are worried that women will decide not to report sexual abuse after seeing how the actress was ridiculed and belittled on social media

In recent years countries like Kenya, Colombia and Chile have made leaps forward in legalizing the voluntary termination of pregnancy, while Poland and the United States have gone backwards.

Social networks and match apps have triggered new, and modified versions of old, behavior patterns, and there are dozens of new terms to identify them

The Argentine writer and journalist talks to EL PAÍS about the death of her parents, breaking the mold and why she wanted to do a nude photo shoot at the age of 52

In a bid to curb the transmission, the Catalan government has announced that all close contacts will have to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated

EL PAÍS speaks with three people who did not get vaccinated and ended up in critical care due to the disease. They explain how their opinions of the vaccines have been changed by the experience

The regional health department confirmed that the 62-year-old, fully vaccinated patient has the new variant and shows mild symptoms. Two more suspected cases are also under investigation

The Health Ministry has updated its instructions for Covid-19 detection and attention, which also include isolation for anyone who has had exposure to cases of the beta or gamma strains of the coronavirus