1. Investigación

La enorme popularidad que alcanzó la serie "Sexo en Nueva York" (1998-2004), nos anima a analizar las claves de su éxito. La trama gira en torno a las peripecias de cuatro amigas cuyos roles vienen a representar cuatro posibles estados de la mujer contemporánea. A través del análisis de las seis temporadas comprobamos si a lo largo de la serie estos personajes consiguen mantenerse fieles a la imagen que en un principio transmiten, la de mujeres independientes y autónomas, que ejercen un fuerte control sobre todos los aspectos de su vida.

La serie Sexo en Nueva York cosechó un grandísimo éxito que condujo a la creación de dos películas para la gran pantalla Sexo en Nueva York. La película y Sexo en Nueva York 2. En dichas producciones se proponen distintos tipos de pareja y familia, que surgen en última instancia de opciones sexuales diversas, que la serie legitima de cara a la sociedad. El fin de este estudio es relacionar dichos modelos con la ideología de género y comprobar si tanto la serie como los filmes pueden considerarse un ejemplo más de su visualización.

This study aims to analyse sex-specific associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in a young-adult population. Sixty participants (21 women, 22.63 4.62 years old) wore a hip accelerometer for 7 consecutive days to estimate their physical activity and sedentarism. Oxidative stress (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione, malondialdehyde, and advanced oxidation protein products) and inflammatory (tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6) markers were measured. Student t-tests and single linear regressions were applied. The women presented higher catalase activity and glutathione concentrations, and lower levels of advanced protein-oxidation products, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-6 than the men (p < 0.05). In the men, longer sedentary time was associated with lower catalase activity (b = 􀀀0.315, p = 0.04), and longer sedentary breaks and higher physical-activity expenditures were associated with malondialdehyde (b = 􀀀0.308, p = 0.04). Vigorous physical activity was related to inflammatory markers in the women (tumour necrosis factor-alpha, b = 0.437, p = 0.02) and men (interleukin􀀀6, b = 0.528, p < 0.01). In conclusion, the women presented a better redox and inflammatory status than the men; however, oxidative-stress markers were associated with physical activity and sedentary behaviours only in the men. In light of this, women could have better protection against the deleterious effect of sedentarism but a worse adaptation to daily physical activity.