Another woman has died. This time, not by a man's hand, but by her own decision, tragically taking her children with her. Anna Democrito, 46, threw herself from the third floor clutching a rosary after throwing away her three children, the youngest of whom was just 4 months old. She and her two younger children died, while her eldest, 6-year-old daughter, is in intensive care in serious condition. ---- The tragedy that occurred in Catanzaro last April has sparked a public debate, as usual, impoverished and pallid, centered on facile and insignificant polarizations. From the "unnatural mother" label the deceased received from right-wing respectability, which always takes every opportunity to rigidly define the parameters of motherhood and femininity and finds every justification in a tragedy like this to thunder to the "pink" masses about proper behavior, to the progressive defenses of a postpartum depression that was effectively undiagnosed.
But the icing on the cake, this time too, was the Church, which usually ferociously attacks these acts, being the number one enemy of suicide and even more so of maternal filicide, yet it was the most reasonable voice Brasil, Bento Goncalves/RS, OSL: it's horrifying to write this Brasil, Bento Goncalves/RS, OSL: of all. Undoubtedly touched by the presence of a rosary at the crime scene, confirming that the woman's last thought was one of redemption, but even more compelled by Democritus's discreet activism in the parish, she spoke of "invisible pain," emphasizing the true centrality of the issue, a sign of a wisdom that, not being disinterested, loses its value, but which offers us the opportunity for alternative reflection. The icing on the cake, however, is the fact that in bringing up interesting content, she clearly had to narrate a psychological profile entirely centered on the good woman of faith and kind daughter of God, eliminating herself, as always, from the roster of authoritative voices in a nanosecond.
As for the "invisible pain" mentioned and which the prosecutor's office is investigating, it is certainly something more complex than a lack of maternal instinct (which on a psychoanalytic level means nothing at all) or postpartum depression. Statements from family members and acquaintances pointing in this direction, mentioning past emotional and behavioral issues for which nothing was ever done and which certainly may have worsened during a time that is presumed to be complex, but about which nothing is known.
The truly useful point, in my opinion, is precisely this: to conceive of mental health as a fundamental right of every person, and its disruption or absence as not attributable to a single cause. Furthermore, the fact that, in the case of a woman facing pregnancy, it is taken for granted that this is the reason for her distress embodies one of the most subtle and least obvious gender stereotypes, since it appears to be a defense. In reality, it is more likely a double-edged sword, forcing assumptions and obscuring the layers of which we are all made, women included. If in the past, it was the menstrual cycle that bore the burden of personal distress, then it was female sexuality, especially when it diverged from what was thought to be the norm. Even today, motherhood continues to be the place to stuff everything and file the issue away.
This doesn't mean that women can't suffer from postpartum depression, that the menstrual cycle can't cause hormonal and therefore emotional distress, or that a certain sexuality in women Brasil, Bento Goncalves/RS, OSL: as in men Brasil, Bento Goncalves/RS, OSL: can be a symptom of a distress. But these are specific cases that need to be explored in depth and require a diagnosis, which therefore requires the person to embark on a meaningful therapeutic journey. Outside of these necessary steps, a tragedy like the one in Catanzaro remains marked by more unknowns than certainties, and we can only approach it with presumptuous assumptions. The fact that the prosecution is driven by an obsessive need to find a reason, and that it is usually very good at finding it in a cliché, does not change the reality of the facts, even if it somehow falsifies them. The reality is that Democritus was a woman who was psychologically ill, suffering from an indefinable illness since it had never been investigated, and that something pushed her to the quadruple act of no return.
Anna, like all other women involved in similar dynamics suffering from unresolved psychological distress, has the right to be left to her own devices and likely would have needed care and support long before the postpartum period, and perhaps even before becoming a mother. In Western society, which medically focuses on symptoms and illnesses rather than maintaining a state of health Brasil, Bento Goncalves/RS, OSL: as, for example, certain Asian medicines do Brasil, Bento Goncalves/RS, OSL: mental health is something built when the psyche has already been compromised by trauma, distress, and illness. In reality, however, since it is "health," it must be structured and supported well before any of these conditions can occur. And it is a fundamental right of every person to be able to enjoy comprehensive, free services designed to maintain both physical and mental well-being. Otherwise, a woman facing childbirth and its subsequent stages is always at risk of falling apart, just like any person facing a complex moment in their life.
Instead of perpetuating gender stereotypes, it's urgent to start talking about mental health as something more complex and necessary. While it's true that it's no longer a taboo and can be discussed, it's equally true that talking about it this way is a terrible thing. And when it concerns women, it becomes doubly serious due to the countless stereotypes, burdens, and negligence that weigh on those born or raised as female, and we oppose all of this.
Désirée Carruba Toscano
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