After Mexican actress Bárabara de Regil made some controversial comments regarding violence against women , she was widely criticized by social media users, including human rights activist Lydia Cacho , who was kidnapped and tortured by government officials after uncovering a pedophilia network.
After Bárabara de Regil’s video went viral, Lydia Cacho said: “ Ignorance must have limits. At this moment, there is a woman or children who is looking at their aggressor terrified, who thinks he is their owner and would be capable of killing them. Bárbara: feed your brain too, your physical appearance is not everything (that matters).”
Despite her criticism of the actress, Cacho asked people not to insult or attack De Regil.
In the controversial video, De Regil asks women who are victims of physical and verbal abuse to talk to their aggressors and ask them, from the bottom of their heart, to treat them the way the aggressor would like to be treated, and to tell them that they, the victims, are in this world to have a happy life.
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After the backlash , the actress said people misinterpreted her words, apologized for talking about violence against women , and said she would be quitting Twitter .
The controversial comments are made weeks after the federal government released a domestic violence campaign , where women were depicted as the aggressors and not victims, and where attackers were asked to count to ten before acting.
In Mexico , violence against women remains a serious issue: at least ten women are murdered every day. Furthermore, during the pandemic , domestic violence has registered a surge.
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