RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 In Defense of Fifty Shades by E. L. James: Does It Really Contain Gender-Based Violence? A1 Santana Rodríguez, Cathaysa A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Filología Inglesa AB 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. SN 2531-1654 YR 2024 FD 2024 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73450 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73450 LA eng NO ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies; No. 45 (2024) pags. 93-115 DS UVaDOC RD 24-ene-2025