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6 wrz 2024 · The phrase “They weren’t witches, they were women” serves as a powerful reminder of the injustice and cruelty that characterised these persecutions. The witch-hunts had a devastating impact on countless individuals and families, leaving behind a legacy of fear, trauma, and social disruption.
31 sie 2023 · It’s hard to craft a specific narrative of why women were accused of being witches, but it seems to boil down to women being courageous enough to be different and to claim space in a society that did not offer them legal power or protection.
30 paź 2023 · Presented as women persecuted for being women, in the line of work by philosopher Silvia Federici and Mona Chollet, witches have long permeated the public discourse.
23 paź 2019 · Powerful men often proclaim baseless accusations to be a ‘witch hunt.’ But American witch trials have always targeted a persecuted minority: women.
26 paź 2023 · Witches in literature and pop-culture have been predominantly depicted as female-identifying. Why is this? Most of the witches in the Wiccan religion are women. Historically, during the witch trials in Europe and in the American colonies, most of those accused of witchcraft were also women.
Witches were generally defined as people who made a pact with the Devil in exchange for magical power to commit evil acts. They were believed to join with the Devil, meet with him at night-time sabbaths, pledge homage, engage in lurid sex, kill children and maim pregnant women.
18 paź 2021 · Ms. Tomaszewska thinks that women’s rights in Poland are violated and that politicians use the women’s agenda for their own purposes.
