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In this paper/essay, the representations of trans people in Spanish series both on television and on streaming platforms will be analyzed, paying special attention to the new forms of masculinities, referred to as dissidents. From the pioneer Farmacia de Guardia to much more recent series such as Vis a Vis or Todo lo otro, there will be an analysis of the main characteristics of the trans characters (age, sex, social class, etc.), the reactions that they spark around them (acceptance, rejection, ignorance), as well as the story offered about transsexuality (if it is seen as a pathology, if there is a desire to change one’s physical appearance through hormones and/ or surgery, if the conception of having been born in the wrong body persists, etc.). It will be seen how this representation intersects and questions hegemonic masculinity. Finally, it will be observed how transsexuality is becoming progressively more visible in Spanish series, helping its normalization through different characters who bring this reality closer to the public, although not always in an inclusive way [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes a theoretical reflection on men's involvement in the activity of caring. First of all, this paper understands care conceptually from a gender perspective. Indeed, men are recognised as subjects of social rights and, therefore, different political challenges in relation to care are considered. Secondly, it addresses the diversity of needs that men currently demand in order to care. The aim is to analyse the participation and involvement of Spanish men in the provision of care, insofar as there are different models that advocate the detriment of traditional masculinity and fatherhood. In this sense, incipiently, many men are beginning to question their masculinity, with the aim of manifesting attitudes and behaviours in relation to the emotion, receptivity and pleasure of caring. The qualitative analysis of 91 publications is based on an integrated manual and computer coding scheme. In conclusion, it is worth highlighting the need to carry out more empirical research on the participation of Spanish men in caregiving, as well as to deepen the academic framework of caring masculinities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to analyze care-provision to women with disability in a great dependency situation as recognized by the Administration, who study or have studied in public universities in Andalusia and the Community of Madrid. From a qualitative perspective, based on their narratives as well as on the account of several Technicians from the Attention to Disability Programs of their corresponding Universities, we can acknowledge the resources, support and care they have relied on from the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency (SAAD, in Spanish) as well as the Higher Education Institutions. We seek to answer if the right to inclusive education can be guaranteed in our country, based on their own opinions and perceptions about their support systems and the complexity and variety of these, as well as to delve into the articulation of their support system, identity construction and capacity for agency. This paper manifests the many limitations found in the practice of inclusive education and the fact that the support provided by the Public Administration does not enable the right to self-determination and independent life. Some mechanisms to improve inclusive education regarding women with disability in the university sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TV fiction assumes a socializing role that influences the configuration of the collective identity. So that, the influence of fiction on the social construction of women becomes very important thanks to its ability to configure identities, influence behaviors and condition the socialization process. This paper aims to deepen the temporal and historical evolution of woman representation in Spanish fiction and to establish perspectives in this representation. For this, we have worked on a qualitative methodology, with a socio-semiotics focus, that analyzes the longest series with more audience in the history of Spanish TV fiction, from two contexts: Family and profesional, to know the role that has been given to women in different contexts of fiction. The results provide relevant conclusions about the role of women in Spanish TV fiction: the woman in the family context continues assuming the role of mother and wife, while in the work context, she develops her work under the control of man. All this, with reflections of empowerment that, after all, do not eliminate the patriarchal marks of society and, therefore, of TV fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the formal assumption of the principal of equality between men and women, social research is concerned with the existence of a regressive metadiscourse within cultural industries. It consists of a set of messages that instrumentalize feminist rhetoric to hide antifeminist positions through ambiguity and confusion. Academic texts still lack the theoretical impulse to unveil and conceptualize these notions, which challenge the emancipatory ethics of feminism and also women's freedom. This paper intends to contribute to the elaboration of an epistemological framework to be applied in further research, offering examples through the analysis of television series such as Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Mad Men, or Girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the representations and cinema narrative models around two topics, women and violence, in a period from the forties to the present day. It is a contemporary look that aims to identify the speech, the repertoire and the main dimensions filmed in movies that include scenes about the topic just described. The aim of this study is to propose a reflection and a discussion around the role of cinema as a transmitting agent of violence against women, in movies that are not about violence. Through content analysis of different types of movie genres, from an evolutionary and comparative perspective, and limited to films that are not violent per se, we analyze male violence against women from physical and verbal nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Organic Law 1/2004, of Measures of Integral Protection against Gender Violence arose from a gender perspective in order to protect and guarantee the rights of women who experience violence by their heterosexual partner. The implementation of this law is given in a predominantly patriarchal institution, generating perverse effects for which further research is needed. The aim of this paper is to understand women's experience about the criminal justice system and analyze the subjection mechanisms of the criminal justice system, and how it constructs women's subjectivities, in order to see its effects and avoid the points of disagreement and the unwanted effects. To carry out the study, the criminal justice system in relation to the LO 1/2004 is understood as a technology of power. To do this we used qualitative methodology to approach the criminal legal environment, namely: 23 sessions of participant observation, in-depth interviews with 17 professionals working with domestic violence, 11 in-depth interviews and a group interview with women who have sued their heterosexual partners of gender violence, analyzed data using as analysis axis the theories about power, subjectivity and gender studies with qualitative analysis software Atlas.ti. The results show the criminal legal institution, and the implementation of the LO 1/2004, as a producer of women's subjectivities and their effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Conflictivity and gender violence in adolescents are worrying social phenomena that require an interdisciplinary approach. With a psychological perspective, this paper aims to explore the genesis of conflict and violence in adolescents relating discourse and self-regulation, and for it analyze psychosocial adjustment-maladjustment, delimits factors such as gender and group membership and detects the themes that guide the actions. It analyzes the discourse (2250 utterances) of 42 boys and girls (14-17 years) debating in groups, a conflictive dilemma gang and other on partner violence. The results show different effects of gender and group on the discursive self-regulatory, as an indicator of psychosocial adjustment, and the influence of socio-cultural setting. Finally, the findings are linked with related disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper makes an analysis on the presence of women on corporate boards (Governing Councils) of Spanish cooperative banks during the period 2000-2011, in relation to their economic and financial variables. Therefore, different models are estimated to analyze these relations, as well as the evolution of the trend of women in the councils. This study implies progress in the knowledge of the possible relationships between the presence of women at the top decision-making businesses and corporate management results, thereby leaving the most studied area of large and/or listed companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present paper, feminist ethnography was used as investigation methodology to analyze different gender models for the alcoian society, with special emphasis on their position within the prestige and power pyramid of the Moors and Christian Festivity. This analysis improves on the existing knowledge of the reasons for the social conflict in which the alcoian society has been immersed during the last thirteen years when Nuria Martínez became the first woman with rights in the up-to then masculine alcoian rite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During last years we are attending to a social change of important dimensions, which certain specialists have called the women social rise. In this context, gender studies have tackled this phenomenon, because it represents a break with social assignments of space, valid during a long period of time. However, men's world hasn't tackled by these studies until recently, when social sciences begin wonder: What is happening to men? The intention of this paper is to board that masculine reality, starting from the existing theory of masculinities and throughout a focus group as a technique of sociological research, with the intention of locating in the social space new potential fearful masculinities faced with new sceneries of uncertainty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the daily work with university students about gender theme topics, his paper presents the youth share ideas and thoughts that arise from these proposals of postmodernism and gender theory. The premise is the adultcentrism idea about youth is in a process of loss of values (patriarchal) and emancipation from traditional gender constructions. Rather, the findings suggest a reconceptualization of patriarchal values to the sponsorship of postmodern elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Any discussion of obesity in the domain of health and beauty takes on a perspective with negative consequences for corpulent women. Overweight women are discriminated against, along with traditional sexism. Five related questions are discussed by analyzing on-line newspapers and personal blogs: different ways women are discriminated against in employment, the contexts of discrimination, the arguments used for legitimating that rejection, the arguments used by women in answer, and the differences in rejection of corpulent women and men. This rejection is articulated in a culture of segregation at work and a set of strategies intended to normalize discrimination. This paper attempts to specify the discourses of discrimination in the workplace, open the question to public debate, and stimulate thought about affirmative proactive measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]