The federal government institution reminded the media of the importance of combating all kinds of violence against women with content that dignifies their image.
Mexico City, February 11 (However).- The National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women (Conavim) condemned the statements made by the driver Patty Chapoy about him physical appearance of the singer Yuridia.
The institution disapproved that “at the time”, a well-known show host made “fat-phobic” comments during her Ventaneando program, after Yuridia assured a few days ago that the journalist was part of the darkest stage of her life.
The second place winner in “La Academia” broke the silence and clarified that before the fatphobia and commenting on people’s bodies were normalized in society, but not anymore, which is why he is surprised that Chapoy continues to do it “as if nothing had happened” and without thinking about the consequences that this could bring.
“Although several years have passed since these comments were made, they have served to foster a discriminatory culture in society, since ‘fatphobia’ limits access to the full exercise of human rights for women with non-physical bodies.” hegemonic, affecting their mental health, capacity for social development, access to job opportunities and can even lead to eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia or being overweight”.
Due to the above, Conavim recognized that, although the mass media are “key actors” for the construction of a culture free of violence against women, “their contents, expressions and comments in spaces of mass dissemination have an impact on the behaviors and behaviors of the society”.
“In doing so, especially in a space of mass dissemination, he incurred in discriminatory acts that can be classified as digital and media violence, stipulated in the provisions of the General Law on Women’s Access to a Life Free of Violence (Title II , Chapter IV TER, article 20 Quinquies), detonating in the past and now, in fraudulent actions that cause ridicule for the physical appearance of a person”.
The singer would also have revealed that a few days ago Chapoy said that the reason why Yuridia did not accept interviews from windowing it is because several times the show hosts called her “fat” and even told her how to manage her career.
Faced with the accusations, the rest of the drivers denied having made such remarks and argued that the problem was with the singer, who at that time did not know how to manage her emotions.
Therefore, Conavim called on the media to “join to combat all kinds of violence against women through content that dignifies the image of women, taking into account the diversity and interculturality of the country.”
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