Ariadne Díaz: Fear of Mothering a Daughter in Mexico - Celebrities Speaking Out Against Femicides

2023-12-15 01:56:00

Ariadne Diaz is afraid of being a mother of a daughter in Mexico because of the violence that exists against women. (Photo by Carlos Tischler/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The femicides that are recorded in Mexico are a topic that is not indifferent to entertainment personalities. On the contrary, they raise their voices against this increasingly growing and alarming phenomenon in the country. Ariadne Díaz worries to the point that she is afraid of having a daughter.

During the red carpet On a trip with the Derbez: Looking for Santa, The actress was questioned about her feelings about the disappearance and murder of the Venezuelan Guillki Maika Torres in Jalisco. Forceful, Díaz responded that it broke his heart.

Ariadne was one of the stars that joined in collaborating with friends of the murdered girl to report her missing on her social networks when 12 hours had passed without hearing anything from her. In her case, her hurt feelings are more acute because her body was found in Chapala, a place she has a special love for because she grew up there and goes on vacation periodically.

“It hurt me a lot because I told myself ‘maybe it’s too soon, maybe they just don’t contact her’ (…) I share the story and the next day, a few hours after sharing it, I find out this (that she was found dead). Apart from Chapala, a place that I am so fond of because I spent half my life there.”

Moved and affected by the event, Díaz became aware of this event as an event “so heartbreaking, so strong” that has forced her to think about her own desires for motherhood. On previous occasions she had expressed that she liked the idea of expanding the family with a daughter to have a couple, since she is the mother of little Diego, but now she thinks differently.

As happens with hundreds of couples who are mortified when they find out that the sex of the baby on the way is female, Ariadne puts herself in those people’s shoes. The motive is the fear of suffering violence or having their lives taken away in a nation that does not ensure the safety of women and, on the contrary, he has left them alone.

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“I would like to be the mother of a girl, but this made me think a lot about that. Yes, I would like to be a mother, but, without a doubt, this anxiety that I have with my son would be multiplied by a hundred because In this country it is true that women are not safe and unfortunately there is no voice that says ‘this is going to change’ or ‘we are going to investigate thoroughly to clarify what happened with this feminicide.’”

Ariadne Díaz’s words resonate in a special context that connects women from the artistic field and television with women from civil society in strengthening ties for the search for women reported missing; Lucero and Olga Tañón are also celebrities who have joined in to echo this situation. Díaz also does it to denounce the insecurity they feel and the panic that this instills in the illusion of mothering.