https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Shock over an online job ad posting searching for a waitress with "nice breasts" has grown into a full-blown police investigation. https://www.thelocal.es/20160428/outcry-over-bar-ad-seeking-waitress-with-nice-breasts Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:51:27 +0200 outcry-over-bar-ad-seeking-waitress-with-nice-breasts A Spanish "seduction coach" is facing calls to shut down his YouTube channel after accusations that he promotes sexual harassment and an outdated attitude of "machismo". https://www.thelocal.es/20160311/spanish-seduction-coach-slammed-for-teaching-men-how-to-harass-women Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:33:38 +0100 spanish-seduction-coach-slammed-for-teaching-men-how-to-harass-women A tweet by Spain's National Police for Valentine's Day sparked a heated debate about sexism and consent. https://www.thelocal.es/20160215/sexist-valentines-day-tweet-by-police-causes-stir-online Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:52:28 +0100 sexist-valentines-day-tweet-by-police-causes-stir-online A Spanish referee is embroiled in a sexism row after trying to get a date with a female player during the match. https://www.thelocal.es/20160119/spanish-referee-asks-out-footballer-mid-match Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:16:03 +0100 spanish-referee-asks-out-footballer-mid-match A Spanish cleaning product commercial has been branded sexist because it reinforced the stereotype that only women do housework. https://www.thelocal.es/20151209/spain-bans-sexist-advert-because-it-only-showed-women-doing-housework Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:24:40 +0100 spain-bans-sexist-advert-because-it-only-showed-women-doing-housework Four women have been killed by domestic violence in Spain since Saturday when tens of thousands of people marched through Madrid against violence against women, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20151110/four-women-killed-by-domestic-violence-in-black-weekend-for-spain Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:01:40 +0100 four-women-killed-by-domestic-violence-in-black-weekend-for-spain A cement company that uses big breasted women, often in bikinis, to sell its product has appeared in court accused of sexist advertising. https://www.thelocal.es/20151110/spain-cement-company-in-court-over-sexist-big-boobs-ad Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:45:17 +0100 spain-cement-company-in-court-over-sexist-big-boobs-ad The mayor of Granada is in the hot seat after he made some controversial statements about the female form to a group of high-achieving students. https://www.thelocal.es/20150708/mayor-women-more-elegant-the-more-they-undress Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:34:16 +0200 mayor-women-more-elegant-the-more-they-undress Police have arrested a man in Castellón for allegedly seeking to get revenge against former clients by posting ads offering "free sex" with their phone numbers after the women did not renew services with his company. https://www.thelocal.es/20150522/man-posts-sex-ads-to-get-revenge-against-clients Fri, 22 May 2015 13:36:35 +0200 man-posts-sex-ads-to-get-revenge-against-clients Ten thousand people have signed a petition in Spain against what they brand a sexist plan to bus in women to a remote town for a singles' night with paying local men. https://www.thelocal.es/20150409/caravan-of-love-slammed-as-sexist Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:14:09 +0200 caravan-of-love-slammed-as-sexist AENA, the public body that owns and operates most airports in Spain, has been fined by the Supreme Court of the Canary Islands after they told a would-be employee in Tenerife they didn't want to hire "anyone who might take maternity leave". https://www.thelocal.es/20141015/spains-airport-operator-didnt-want-to-hire-women Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:24:00 +0200 spains-airport-operator-didnt-want-to-hire-women Another Spanish politician has got himself into hot water after voicing his opinions on the Interior Ministry's controversial anti-rape guidelines and the shelved case of an alleged group rape in Malaga. https://www.thelocal.es/20140822/mayor-valladolid-rape-lift-comments Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:39:00 +0200 mayor-valladolid-rape-lift-comments A politician on the Spanish island of Majorca has filed an official complaint about t-shirts distributed by a local nightclub which show a man shoving a woman to the ground with the caption, "Problem? No problem". https://www.thelocal.es/20140812/spanish-nightclub-slammed-for-sexist-t-shirts Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:09:00 +0200 spanish-nightclub-slammed-for-sexist-t-shirts Women in Spain's Basque Country are opposing a European rule which forces female handball players "to leave their stomachs exposed" when playing on sand. https://www.thelocal.es/20140710/basques-turn-back-on-sexist-bikini-rule-in-beach-handball Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:51:00 +0200 basques-turn-back-on-sexist-bikini-rule-in-beach-handball The organizers of a major comic fair in Barcelona are fuming after a recruitment firm placed a job ad on their website for hostesses with a minimum bust measurement of 95 centimetres (37 inches). https://www.thelocal.es/20140411/sexist Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:55:00 +0200 sexist A joke book for young boys has been taken off the market after Spain's Women's Institute threatened to take the publishing company to court over its chauvinistic content. https://www.thelocal.es/20131210/sexist-childrens-book-taken-off-shelves Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:15:00 +0100 sexist-childrens-book-taken-off-shelves