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In Defense of Fifty Shades by E. L. James: Does It Really Contain Gender-Based Violence? Santana Rodríguez, Cathaysa Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid Filología Inglesa This article presents a response to the harsh criticism expressed against E. L. James’s Fifty Shades. Accusations have been made from many sides that it encourages gender-based violence within a romantic relationship, unjustly stereotyping the female character Anastasia (Ana) as a battered, submissive, weak woman and a “sex slave.” However, as this thorough analysis will argue, Anastasia does not fit the profile of a victim of gender-based violence. Rather, she embodies the traits of an empowered woman. From this viewpoint, it is unfair to consider Fifty Shades as promoting violence against women. 2025-01-09T15:59:37Z 2025-01-09T15:59:37Z 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies; No. 45 (2024) pags. 93-115 2531-1654 https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73450 10.24197/ersjes.45.2024.93-115 93 45 115 eng http://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/defense-fifty-shades-gender-based-violence info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies