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We have not understood for decades why chronic pain punishes women more. Finally we have the answer

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Historically, medicine has grappled with an undeniable gender gap in which women Women suffer chronic pain more frequently than men, and on top of that their pain flares for much longer. This is something that many doctors have considered ‘normal’ and has been dismissed with psychological biases. But now science has seen that an explanation should not be sought in the mind, but in the immune system. Against pain. This is the objective that medicine has right now, since it is undoubtedly a situation that for many people can be unbearable. That is why the magazine Science Immunology publish now a new study that offers a paradigm shift in our understanding of the biology of pain. The result of this is that he has managed to find the key to some types of white blood cells called monocytes and in its direct relationship with testosterone. What’s happening? When an injury is suffered, such as a blow, the body tries to defend itself with an inflammatory response. One of its components is pain, which is a necessary alarm signal to warn that something is wrong, but once the tissue begins to heal, it is logical that this alarm goes off. But this is where the body’s defense cells come in, monocytes, which act as ‘firefighters’ by releasing proteins called interleukin-10. Here the research team has been able to see that this interleukin-10, abbreviated as IL-10, acts directly on sensory neurons to “turn off” hypersensitivity and therefore pain. The problem, and here lies the importance between sexes, is that men resolve this inflammatory pain much faster because they produce a greater amount of this protein. The reason. Testosterone. This male sex hormone stimulates monocytes to produce higher levels of IL-10 after injury, and therefore pain can be better reduced. But in women this level of testosterone is much lower, and therefore the production of this natural ‘painkiller’ is lower, which causes the sensory neurons to take much longer to stop giving the signal that generates pain. Your demonstration. Beyond doing so in animal models, the research team has been able to validate the experiments with human data from the AURORA studiowhich is a project that evaluates patients who have suffered traffic accidents and severe trauma. Here the clinical data confirmed the laboratory’s suspicions, since they saw that the elimination or reduction of IL-10 activity in monocytes significantly delays the resolution of pain in both sexes, validating that this hormone-mediated immunological difference is exactly the same in humans. In the future. This discovery is not just another biological curiosity to close a historical debate, but it has important therapeutic implications. And right now the severe pain crisis has to be treated with opiates on many occasions, which have a long list of side effects. But upon discovering this cellular mechanism, the researchers tried administering Resolvin D1a compound that promotes the resolution of inflammation. Here it was clearly seen how pain was reduced equally in both sexes. This is why we are at the gateway to a new generation of non-opioid therapies that specifically modulate the immune system. But what is most important about this study is that it highlights the need to leave behind the “one size fits all” model in medicine to move towards more personalized medicine. Images | Redd Francisco In Xataka | Medicine has been using opioids to relieve pain for centuries. Science finally has an alternative

It has become a bottomless pit of people stripping women with AI

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Since AI Grok has conquered what was once Twitter, the social network has become an infinite well of content generated by artificial intelligence. The problem is when that content is used to misinform or ends up harming other people. And today, Grok has become one of the main sources of sexualized images created without consent. Just like they count According to Bloomberg, the chatbot generated approximately 6,700 such images per hour during a 24-hour period in early January. The magnitude of the problem. On X there are many users who spend their time using Grok to modify photos that other people publish on the social network, generating versions in which they appear scantily clad or in sexualized situations. The middle appointment the findings of independent researcher Genevieve Oh, who identified that during the analysis carried out between January 5 and 6, Grok produced these images at a rate 84 times higher than the other five websites most active in this type of content. Oh estimated that 85% of the total images produced by Grok have been generated to sexualize. What’s special about Grok. Unlike other chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude either GeminiGrok doesn’t impose many limits on generating sexualized content from real people. Users can tag Grok’s account in replies to other people’s posts and request that he modify the original images. The most common requests include phrases such as “put her in a bikini,” “take off her clothes,” or “change her clothes to a see-through bikini.” The chatbot generates these images in a matter of seconds and publishes them automatically, linking them to the victim’s original publication. Victims without response. Maddie, a 23-year-old medical student cited per Bloomberg, woke up on New Year’s Day to discover that several strangers had altered a photo of her and her boyfriend using Grok. First they removed their partner from the image and put her in a bikini, then another user asked Grok to replace the bikini with dental floss. “My heart sank. I felt hopeless, helpless and just disgusted,” she said. When she and her friends reported the images through X’s moderation systems, they never received a response. In a different case, X determined that there were no “rule violations” in the reported content. According to the mediumthe images were still on the social network at the time of the publication of the report. Cases media. The problem has even reached public figures. And as they say from Guardianmultiple users asked Grok to alter an image of Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ebba Busch, to show her in a bikini. In addition to this, two British government ministers have also been victims of these manipulations. Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, a group specialized in investigative journalism, counted to the outlet how Grok responded to instructions such as “bikini now” or “put a bikini with the Confederate flag on her” over the photo of Busch in Parliament. Musk and X’s response. In the face of recent criticism, Elon Musk claimed in X that “anyone who uses Grok to create illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they uploaded illegal content.” However, this strategy of punishing users instead of preventing the chatbot from generating the content appears to have proven ineffective. Just like they count From Bloomberg, when someone requests to remove those images in the comments, Grok often apologizes and says he will take them down, but in many cases the images remain and the system continues to generate new ones. Legality. Carrie Goldberg, attorney specializing in online sexual crimes, explained to the outlet that the scale of deepfakes on X is “unprecedented” and noted that the platform “is not acting as a passive editor. It is actually generating and creating the image.” In this sense, the Law Take It Downapproved in the United States in 2025, holds platforms responsible for the production and distribution of this type of content. Brandie Nonnecke, of Americans for Responsible Innovation, counted Bloomberg that platforms have until May 2026 to establish the required removal process. Increasingly widespread use. Although the technology to create sexual deepfakes is not new, as there are dozens of websites and Telegram bots dedicated to undressing people, the fact that this capacity is hosted by a social network as well-known as X marks a turning point. And unlike specific image manipulation services, Grok is free, produces results in seconds and is available to millions of users on X. Sloan Thompson, of the EndTAB organization, pointed out Wired said that “when a company offers generative AI tools on their platform, it is their responsibility to minimize the risk of image-based abuse. The alarming thing here is that X has done the opposite. They have integrated AI-enabled image abuse directly into a mainstream platform, making sexual violence easier and scalable.” Cover image | Tamara Bellis and Antonio Vallejo In Xataka | We are entering a new era of robotics driven by AI and Disney is its perfect showcase

Women consistently sleep worse than men. And science has finally discovered why it is

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For years we have been able to have a perception in many homes: the women tend to sleep worse, wake up more and feel more tired than men. This is something that for a long time has been dismissed as a subjective perception, but Science has now wanted to close the debate, pointing out that it is not only a perception, but that there is a gender gap documented. The data. The Global Sleep Survey 2025carried out on a massive sample of more than 30,000 people in 13 countries, has produced a key figure: 38% of women have problems falling asleep more than three times a week, compared to 29% of men. Something that in Spain is not a very different situation, since according to the cross-sectional studies recently published in Naturewomen have much higher scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), indicating worse subjective quality. In this way, while 44.6% of Spanish women report poor sleep quality, in men the figure drops to 30.1%. A paradox. Tests with motion sensors suggest that women sometimes have higher “sleep efficiency” on paper, but it is perceived as greater exhaustion. The person responsible for this is the sleep fragmentationwhich is related to constant waking up or even in mothers due to having to get up to care for a baby, for example. The hormonal factor. It is undoubtedly one of the big differences that exist between men and women, since estrogen and progesterone levels fluctuate drastically during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy or menopause. In the specific case of menopause it can be seen as a drop in the level of estrogen, in addition to produce alterations in bone formationalso increases the immediate degradation of rest. The data indicates that 51% of the Menopausal women suffer from sleep disordersshown a big difference: 44% of women in this stage report serious problems compared to 33% of non-menopausal women. If we go to pregnancywe see something similar with physical (from discomfort) and hormonal disruptions that create a pattern of alertness that often doesn’t fully recover until years after childbirth. The mental load. Beyond the hormonal load, the social factor is, perhaps, the most difficult to correct. One of the most important is the role that women have in many cases regarding the care of other people. According to the data compiled by the University of Michigan and diverse reviews on BMJ Openemployed women wake up twice as often as their partners to care for children or dependent relatives, even when they are the main breadwinners of the home. This “caretaker” role keeps the brain in an “alert” situation, making it attentive to whether a baby cries at night or a dependent family member has any need. This causes 76% of caregivers to report poor sleep quality.since the brain cannot unconsciously disconnect to monitor the well-being of the environment. Its consequences. Poor sleep not only means being tired the next day, but also has more serious clinical consequences. One of the most important is the increase in the probability of having a metabolic diseasesuch as diabetes. In addition, it increases accelerated cognitive deterioration and causes an increase in anxiety and depression disorders. And what is interesting in this case is that the female brain in sleep deprivation is more vulnerable to emotional dysregulation. The solution. The scientific community, from the Sleep Research Institute (IIS) to publications in Frontiers in Psychiatryagrees that it is not enough to increase “sleep hygiene” by leaving your cell phone before going to sleep, for example. It mainly aims at social therapy, making changes in the structure of the home that avoid fragmentation of sleep by getting up to take care of someone, for example. But logically, if you are in a perimenopause situation, you should also choose to go to the doctor to receive pharmacological treatment whenever there is significant hormonal deregulation. Images | Slaapwijsheid.nl In Xataka | If you fall asleep in less than five minutes, you don’t have a “superpower”: it’s a warning signal from your brain

We have carried the burden of reproductive delay on women. But men also have their part (and the proof is in the sperm)

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Let’s talk about semen because it’s important. We already knew: the quality of sperm, for example, is directly related with the life expectancy of men. However, in recent days the situation has taken an interesting turn. A few days ago, a group of researchers from the Sanger Institute and King’s College London advertisement that “aging” has more consequences than it seems. It is not only that, with age, sperm accumulate mutations; is that the percentage of sperm with mutations does not stop growing. And that changes many of the things we thought we knew. What exactly have they done? The team sequenced semen samples from individuals between 24-75 years old and They discovered that the process accumulation of mutations is not just a matter of wear and tear. There is, interestingly, a combination of chance and positive selection. That is, he has found evidence that there are “winning” variants in the testicles. The study concludes that it “concludes a 2–3× risk of known causal mutations with age and estimates 3–5% of sperm with a pathogenic mutation in middle-aged and older men.” The numbers are low, but the paradigm changes. The paradigm? It is not just that the older you are, the more mutations there are, but that these mutations compete with each other and thrive within the testicle (intratesticular positive selection). This means that the risk window widens beyond the simple annual arithmetic sum. For years, we have carried the burden of delayed parenthood on women. In a simplistic (and now we know hasty) way, the public debate has loaded thethe responsibility of reproductive planning about them. But also the health-scientist: the risk profiles were defined by the gestational age of the mother. And yet, men also have their part. What is hidden in the sperm. Although, as I cannot help but repeat, the risk is low, we cannot ignore that the greater presence of variants linked to neurodevelopmental disorders and developmental syndromes changes the general picture. The reality is that, despite everything we know, we know very little. And that is a problem because, whether we want it or notthe trends are very solid: the age of having children it’s going to be delayed all over the world. Image | Quinn Dombrowski In Xataka | Having many children sounds great as a way to preserve the species. Until you start passing genetic mutations

Men and women are “better” separately

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We do not go through the branches. The truth is that birth rates are below the replacement level In the US and Europe since the 70s. In these last 30 years, the entire world came behind. Today, analysts like Fernández-Villaverde They are convinced That since 2023, humanity does not reach the replacement rate. But why? A fight without barracks. Hundreds of researchers have that question hanging in the cork of their offices. We have seen Many theories and many of them focus on one thing: the emancipation of women and the increase in their autonomy; But Claudia Goldin has an interesting idea. Goldin argues that, although that is important, the key comes from a mismatch between the wishes of men and women. A delicate balance. Goldin Notice That as of the 70s, the increases in productivity and social flexibility allowed societies to be more diverse: the social costs associated with the rupture of traditions were lower (often, radically lower) to those of periods of attention. However, the benefits of breaking those traditions are not the same for everyone. In aggregate terms, Always according to Goldinmen “benefit more from maintaining traditions; women benefit more than avoiding them.” The interesting thing is that they are apparently non -cooperative strategies. What does this imply? That only to the extent that one does not yield, the other has no reason to do so. That is, “when the probability that men abandon traditions is low, some professional women will not have children and others will delay them, often too much.” It makes sense: the raising of a child is a very complex task and “tradition” does that work in women. If the father does not accept to assume part of that work, it is very expensive for women, they can assume parenting and professional development. And, given that dilemma, many opt for the second. But why? Because the problem is another. A previous one, in fact. And having children has a fundamental characteristic: that cannot be reversed. A priori, one can park his professional career at any time, but he cannot ‘park’ the children. That means that women have to have clear signs that their partners are reliable and the truth is that in a context in which men can opt at any time for a non -cooperative strategy, these signs are something complicated to determine. That is what is behind all this, According to Goldin. And it is also what complicates its resolution. If it exists. After all, none of the great episodes of birth growth (after 39 in the US, after 1945 in almost all the nations that fought in World War II, after the prohibition of abortion in Romania in 1967, etc …) were intense, surprising and, above all, short. For Goldinuntil an institutional structure is achieved in which cooperation between men and women is the best option for both, nothing will solve the birth fall. Image | Ramiro Pianarosa | Genessa Panainte In Xataka | The secret to tracing birth? Fill everything with Mormons, Amish and Ultra -Orthodox Jews

The Church faces the challenge of a future without priests. At the moment he already knows how to allow women to give “Mass”

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Almudena Suárez Treviño is a woman of Mass. Although not in the conventional sense of expression. She not only goes to the church of her people to listen to the priest on duty, give peace to the rest of parishioners and commune in the Eucharist. No. In addition to all that Almudena officiates religious celebrations in Catholic temples. Almost (almost) as if it were a parish priest. So much so that the bishopric of Tui-Vigo He just ratified it officially in its functions. Your case, enough less exceptional of what it seems, it is actually the finding of a much greater phenomenon: the Vocations crisis. What happened? That the bishop of Tui-Vigo has just published a APPOINTMENT LIST Officers, a kind of internal adjustment in the diocese to “alleviate the current deficiencies of attention “that causes the shortage of priests. Until there nothing weird. Nor does anything that can arouse interest beyond the affected villages. The striking, which has aroused the interest of the parishioners and means of the rest of the community and Spain (including the Galician television), is that this list of priests closes with the name of a woman: Almudena Suárez. And not just that. He Official document Proclamation for those who want to read it that this woman is authorized to direct “the celebration of the word” in seven parishes of the arciprest of Louriña (Pontevedra) as long as its presbyter is not. Actually the announcement of the bishop of Tui-Vigo is a ratification because Almudena has been having an out of the common role in his parishes. So much, in fact, that three years ago Vigo lighthouse He already dedicated him A report. Click on the image to go to Tweet. A cure woman? No. Almudena is not a priest. It is really Biologist and theologianhas a title of religious sciences, a master’s degree and at least until a few years ago she exercised as a religion teacher in an Institute in Pontevedra. That is your professional curriculum, your presentation sheet. 21 years ago, however, one of his theology professors proposed to embark on “An innovative project”an adventure that in practice would lead him to be more than a simple parishioner. What Almudena did was get involved in the Diocesan assemblies in the absence of presbyters in the Galician rural. With the approval of who then act as a bishop in the diocese of Tui-Vigo (a decision that his successors have maintained) assumed a responsibility that basically allows the parishes in the area to become more bearable the shortage of priests and the lack of vocations. But Masses officiate? No. Sundays Almudena go to a series of churches, it is located before the rest of parishioners, read, preach and fulfill in some way the role that a pastor should play, but does not officiate a liturgy. What it does has another name: word celebration. “We arrived, we meet and the first part of the celebration, which is called the word liturgy, is exactly the same as in a mass. We ask for forgiveness, the reading is done, I proclaim the gospel and preach,” Explain to The voice. “We profess faith, pray the creed and do the requests.” That does not mean that it is a kind of priestess or that it takes care of the same rites as a priest. “I want to make it clear that I don’t trade masses”, insists The woman before clarifying that when it comes to communing she is only responsible for distributing the hosts that a pastor has previously consecrated, a task that the Church does not allow her to assume. By providing that service Almudena facilitates life to the priest in charge of the seven villages, serving as support. The two alternate on Sundays in the churches, so that a week the parishioners have Mass and the following, celebration. How do she carry it? Initially he confesses that it was difficult to take pass through his family’s misgivings to “how people would respond.” After spinning, however, he decided to accept the offer and assume a new role in the diocese. “I thought it was a good opportunity, since we are always complaining about women that they do not give us power in the church. I thought it could be good for all of us,” confesses. “In the end I threw myself into the pool and it was as if I touched the lottery.” It makes that more than 20 years, a period during which it has gone through different places where assures having encountered the acceptance and “affection” of the parishioners. “I was the first and I am the only one with appointment (from the bishopric of Tui-Vigo). I have it since 2004. What happens is that this time it has been more evident because, for the first time, breaking glass roofs, the appointment was published on the Bishopric website,” he celebrates. Is it a unique case? No. The role of Almudena may not be common in southern Galicia, but if we expand the focus to the rest of Spain we verify that there are more lay people who exert the same function as her. Including women too. In 2018 The voice revealed Also that to the north of the community, in Outes, there was a group of neighbors who were responsible for ceremonies before the shortage of priests. “It is not the Mass of women, as they say, they are women who make the Sunday celebration for the entire community,” I clarified The parish priest. There are also examples in Burgos, Tarragona either Lionamong other points of The emptied Spain. “The priests in charge, generally, of a good number of rural parishes, cannot go every Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist in all of them, so they sometimes have a lay or religious who, on Sundays in which the pastor is absent, goes to direct ‘the celebration of the word’”, They explain from the archdiocese of Oviedo. The Catholic Church in fact offers Formations for laity. A … Read more

Many heterosexual women say they are fed up with men. There is a theory that explains it: “heterofatalism”

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In a city like New York – or Madrid, or Buenos Aires, or any city where a woman with quotes history and good Internet connection reevalu Spin-off Less glamorous of Sex and the city. One where the stories do not end in Manolo shoes and kisses in the rain, but in Ghostingsexcuses for anxiety and group therapy in dinner format. And it is not that Carrie Bradshaw did not warn something similar. In more than one episode, their columns revolved around a question today very close to what many women formulate from a more critical and collective place: heterofatalism. A term that describes the disenchantment, irony and resignation with which their love experiences with men look at. But it is a ismIs it a theory or just another bad appointment with academic name? Heteropesyism It was coined in 2019 By the columnist ASA beings, describes an attitude of hopelessness and resignation to heterosexual relations, especially from the perspective of women who, although disappointed, do not abandon those relationships. As He explained an article in The Conversationthis position “does not necessarily imply violence or hierarchies”, but rather “a worldly but persistent disappointment.” However, beings propose a more extreme version: heterofatalisma kind of resigned acceptance of heterosexual failure. As explained by Jean Garnett In an extensive article for The New York Timesis “the feeling that the men I want do not love me with enough clarity, urgency or commitment.” An amplified term There is a political and social context that exacerbates disenchantment. As Marie Solis points out in The New York Timesmany of these speeches intensified after the choice of Donald Trump and the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, perceived figures as symbols of sexist impunity. The #MeToo Movement, Although transformativedid not change the most daily dynamics of the appointments. In addition, social networks have amplified this narrative. Tags like #boysober, #selfpartnered or growing interest In movements like 4b (Rejection of relationships, sex, marriage and maternity with men) portray a generation of women who, although they do not always renounce men, have lost faith in the promises of heterosexual love. According to sexual Health Alliancethis gap is linked to how men have been socialized: with difficulty verbalizing emotions, Fear of vulnerabilityand in some cases, a rigid masculinity that associates desire with domination or detachment. Professor Ellie Anderson Talk about “hermeneutical work”a form of emotional exploitation in which women are responsible for interpreting the confusing signs of little communicative men. It also mentions the “masculine regulatory Alexitimia”, a structural emotional difficulty in many heterosexual men. For her part, the psychoanalyst Jessica Benjamin Talk about the “paralyzing complementarity”: When both parties in a relationship feel that they cannot gain recognition without losing power. All this composes an emotional scenario where, as Ironiza Garnett“A woman asks for clarity and is punished for ‘being too intense.” In a Newtral article, the journalist Noemí López Trujillo Lo has explained quite clearly: Connect the rise of heteropesis with a stretch of female sadness. Speaks of Femcelcore As a cultural current where women are portrayed as broken creatures, dressed in black and away from men as the only self -protection strategy. This romantization of the love duel, however, can fall into a sterile nihilism, which avoids all political or transformative action. ORna exclusively feminine experience? Although heterofatalism has been mainly theorized since the experience of heterosexual women, some authors warn that it is not completely unilateral. The Times points out that While women express this pessimism with irony and memes, heterosexual men are also experiencing a crisis, although with very different consequences. While they retract, they take refuge in communities Like incels or PERICAderiving his frustration in misogyny. In this context, in recent years the proliferation of male communities that feed a growing anxiety towards relationships and a replication towards the idea of “traditional love” has become more evident: stable couples under rigid gender roles, and a nostalgia for an alleged “golden age” – the 50s and 60s— 60— in which, with a single salary, “the woman stayed at home, they had three children and they were all happy.” This imaginary, reinforced by online forums and conservative speeches, Not only does it idealize an unequal pastbut it presents it as a remedy against current confusion and disenchantment. For her part, the Poppy Sowerby journalist, In The Timeshe warns that when women hold all men for their disappointment, without nuances, heterofatalism becomes the reverse of the Incel discourse. In both cases, the heterosexual relationship is presented as a tragic destination and without exit. There is a disjunctive present in this whole situation: is the desire the problem or the roles that frame it? One of the most relevant criticism of heterofatalism comes from within feminism. As Health Alliance has detailed sexualthis speech can end up naturalizing misogyny by equating it directly with heterosexuality. The problem, they argue, are not the men per se, but the gender roles that both – men and women – reproduce without questioning. Rachel Connolly, In The Guardianhe sees heteropessimism as “a conservative vision disguised as radical criticism.” Really all we can expect is that our partners do not throw their dirty socks? What kind of imagination do we have if we assume that heterosexual relationships are convicted by nature? Shon Faye, In his book Love in exileproposes something different: stop waiting for a couple to be everything. It raises a reorganization of relationships based on the recognition of our diverse needs –sex, conversation, care, finance – as potentially distributable, and not necessarily contained in a single romantic link. In short, the panorama that is presented is ambiguous. On the one hand, there is a growing awareness of the failed dynamics of heterosexual love. On the other, there is a scarce exploration of real alternatives. The challenge, According to Jessica BenjaminIt is not the resignation, but the encounter. To do this, it proposes the concept of “intersubjective third”: a mutual recognition zone where both parties are seen as subjects with desire, agency and vulnerability. It is … Read more

The marriages of Japanese women with South Korean men have shot themselves. There is a word that explains it: Hallyu

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Last June Japan I had a lesson For the world after years of pro-nature policies, although a very little encouraging lesson: its fertility and the number of births continued to fall. All kinds of proposals had passed along the way, Even money and husband For women who opted for the countryside instead of the capital. However, what few could expect is that marriages are shooting, but those of Japanese with South Koreans, and not vice versa. An unexpected boom. Yeah, Nikkei had That, in recent years, marriages between Japanese women and South Korean men have experienced unpublished growth, with an increase of 40% only in the last year, reaching their highest point in a decade. Reasons? Apparently, the phenomenon is framed within a broader tendency of international marriages In South Korea, which represents about 10% of all unions, in contrast to the general drop of 30% in the total number of marriages in the country during the last decade. Although most of the international marriages In Korea they are with people from Vietnam or China, Japanese unions have grown up 13% between 2019 and 2024far exceeding the rhythm of other nationalities. This trend is driven not only by cultural and demographic factors, but also by a symbolic transformation into bilateral relations, in which romance becomes an unexpected route of approach between two peoples historically marked by tensions. Hallyu as a catalyst. The rise of these marriages has its origin, to a large extent, in the cultural phenomenon of the Hallyu U “Korean wave”, which since the early 2000s has radically transformed the perception that Japanese women have from South Korea. Here are phenomena such as Winter Sonata television dramaissued in Japan in 2003, starting point for a transgenerational fascination that is today manifested in passions by the K-Pophe Korean cinema and the Seoul fashion. For many Japanese, interest began In adolescence with school series and musical idols, and It has been transforming in an attraction for the South Korean lifestyle as a whole. This process has resulted in deep affective ties With Korean cultureto the point that moving to South Korea and marrying a national becomes for many a personal and cultural fulfillment, not just emotional. Cross perceptions. Plus: both Japanese women and South Korean men manifest favorable perceptions of the other. The means that the Japanese value that the Koreans express their affection with greater intensity, are more attentive and emotionally close, they maintain frequent contact by phone and surprise with details. South Korean men, meanwhile, see in Japanese women educated, dedicated, discreet and with a strong sense of family duty. Despite cultural differences, both parties seem to find in the other an idealized version of what they do not find in their own country. These opinions arise not only personal interviews, but According to Nikkei, Also of marriage advice and palpable samples on social networks, where testimonies and publications of happy couples that portray their joint life abound. New globalized romance. There is much more, since in the heat of this trend they have emerged specialized services that facilitate these unions. Applications to match Japanese with South Koreans, online games, social networks and marriage agencies have turned what was previously an occasional crossing into an increasingly common path. Hanny Marriagefor example, it is a company founded in 2024 by a married Japanese with a South Korean who met in language exchanges, and that detected a growing demand for South Korean men interested in marrying with Japanese women. The previous experience of religious agencies such as The Church of Unification In the 1980s and 1990s it has been replaced by more modern forms, mediated by technology and by business initiatives with cultural sensitivity. History with deep roots. He marriage exchange Between Japan and South Korea it has Historical history complexes, from Korean marriages with Japanese at the time of Japanese economic boom, to organized group weddings For religious sects. That said, what distinguishes the current phenomenon is its voluntary, individualized and mediated character For pop culture. What began as an admiration for idols and dramas has become a wave of human connections that demolish ancient barriers. The presence of reality shows as Premarital Lovewhere we see group quotes between Korean men and Japanese women, it is another sample of how this type of relationship is not only accepted, but celebrated and even commercially driven. In a context where demography and the fall of marriages They worry to both countriesthese unions represent a Unexpected ray of hope, both for those who are looking for a couple and for those who want history between Japan and Korea to advance in a more optimistic tone. Image | Cambodia In Xataka | In South Korea offered 14,000 euros to young people in exchange for them to get married. Young people did the same In Xataka | Seoul is so desperate to activate his birth rate that he has had an idea: give € 700 to those who marry

There is already a detainee for using the Meta Ray-Ban to record without consent. Recorded hundreds of women in Barcelona without finding out

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A young man has been arrested in Barcelona After recording hundreds of women with smart glasses without their knowledge. What he did with those recordings: use them in their “seduction” courses that sold for 3,000 euros. Why is it important. It is the first known case in Spain where Ray-Ban Meta They are used to commit crimes against intimacy. The victims did not know that a camera that they did not detect recorded conversations about personal information that later disseminated and monetized. The facts. The detainee approached foreign tourists in Barcelona, ​​held apparently casual conversations and recorded them with glasses that had an integrated camera. Without noticing it, and in fact hiding it. The videos were later published in Tiktok and Instagram as a claim for their “seduction techniques” courses. In figures: 329 videos analyzed by the police. 239 Conversations with intimate data of women. 700,000 visualizations reached the video of the complainant. 3,000 euros cost the full course (plus 45 euros per month of subscription) The technical problem. The Ray-Ban Meta (329 euros) emit a white light when recording, but it is easy to hide them with small tricks. The majority of victims did not detect being recorded, according to police investigation. Smart glasses pose a privacy dilemma that we had not had to face so far, although it already anticipated a decade ago with The Google Glass opening the way. Ray-Ban Meta are much more concealed. Let’s not talk compared to a mobile. Yes, but. Goal designed a safeguard: the indicator light. The problem arises when malicious users deliberately avoid them to record without consent and then make malicious use, or at least to monetize or spread them. Goal is preparing more AI functions for these glasses that will identify places or people in real time. Some users have achieved it on their own. This arrest promises to be the first of many conflicts that are yet to come between body technology and privacy. Outstanding image | Goal In Xataka | Technology are getting excited about smart glasses. I have serious doubts about your success

There is a clandestine movement of Chinese women reading homosexual erotic literature. And China is repressing it

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Until mid -2024, if you lived in China and wanted to read some literature rise in tone, your reference website was Haiter Literature City. Millions of women wrote and read erotic stories with an incentive: they were starring men. However, at the end of last year, mass arrests of those responsible again condemned the genre to ostracism in the country. Although erotic literature has always had space in China, it seems that it is no longer a country for dirty pages. A libidinous history. Chinese erotic literature It is a genus of long historical tradition: already during the period Han (around 200 BC) circulated didactic manuals on sex, but with literary format of dialogue between the emperor and its tutors. This is the oldest erogetic literature, together with specific works in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, And it has always been marked by metaphors and poetic codes of great lyricism. China would not stop producing key works of the genre, such as The persecutive ‘Jin Ping Mei’, of the 16th century. The genre has always shone in China when it has used erotic scenes as an excuse to raise critical and satirical issues. Some of that remains in the current and digital incarnations of the genre, which transcend the mere accumulation of sexual acrobatics. Hurricane Danmei. The stories that present romantic relationships between male characters are known under that name. They are works of women and women: the majority of authors and readers of the genre are, which is born with the seventy sleeves (The famous Yaoiwith which so many features share), which arrived in China illegally translated into Taiwan. This generated a scene of young writers who created their own stories, thus modeling a Chinese adapted identity but very influenced by Japan. With the arrival of the Internet the Danmei became mass and came to see even adaptations to the cinema of some works, although with the high erotic voltage completely domesticated. The digital arrives. The Danmei, more prominent genre At the present time of Chinese eroticism, it experienced an unusual impulse with digital platforms, which allowed not only many authors to professionalize, but also a community of readers. After the almost clandestine circulation in forums, Danmei Digital was consecrated on websites as Jinjiang Literature Cityeven standing with all kinds of genres, although very trimmed in its erotic part Since the end of the last decade. Others relevant websites They are lianchenng readmei chinese web, although the most noticeable, without a doubt, is Haiter Literature City. The case of Haitang Literature City. Also known as Flower Market, she was specialized in erotic literature, and more specifically in Danmei, and had the servers located in Taiwan for run from censorship. It didn’t help him. In June 2024, Chinese authorities deployed an operation that affected dozens of websitesbut Especially afower market: They arrested several authors and distributors of material out of the web for continental China, accused of publishing and profiting with obscene and pornographic content. Flower Market kept financial records of Chinese authors, which facilitated things to the authorities. No one went well. On the one hand, it was clear to what extent censorship and Chinese repression did not stop within its borders: There was no space for the authors of erotic literature and queer. But also, it was clear that the first thing for Haitang Literature City was the business: The platform received criticisms for prioritizing their economic interests, delaying the elimination of accounts and promoting content even after arrests, which put the authors at risk. The lack of protection that they suffered was evident. Censorship in China. Although homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997, the explicit representation of its relationships remains under strict surveillance, since pornography is prohibited and the definition of “obscenity” is very vague, which allows the authorities to intervene in very diverse cases, almost unpredictable. Periodically, the Erotic Materus Danmei It has been persecuted and forums and stores with material on the topic on the Internet have been closed. Not a few authors have been arrested in this context, although The best known case is Tianyi’sauthor that in 2018 was sentenced to ten years in prison. Debates and future of gender. This prohibition environment, with cases as recent as the closure of Flower Market and the imprisonment of Tianyi, have generated a climate of suspicion and fear. In this way, the Danmei has become a symbol of political resistance, although its content is not explicitly. Outside China, international platforms such as Archive of Our Own have allowed the genre to be increasingly known and Relevant Danmei works editions in countries like Spain. A fever that hides a very complicated political and social situation. Header | Nguyen Dang Hoang Nu in Unspash In Xataka | Bad Sex: The worst erotic scenes of literature

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