A widow might also have property, if there was no son or other male to inherit it. If she were hanged for witchcraft or died during the tortuetrials, (or in a different era if she were permanently institutionalized for hysteria) her property would be forfeit.
There’s a book out there called Devil in the Shape of a Woman that gets into it. Side text we read in a history class because the main history texts didn’t really cover it at that time.
The (many, many) witch burnings in history highlight sociological problems that still exist today, and given we've collectively slow-walked addressing them, reactionary movements are back in force, and pose a catastrophic existential risk.
It may just be human nature: We are very resistant to letting go of power even when not doing so is dangerous. And before we let go of harmful customs and traditions, we have to suffer a lot of harm.
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Witches were just independent women who refused the patriarchy... so I guess maybe they still have a point.
Witches were just the other du jour
Oh dang a Josie and the Pussycats meme? In the wild?!
I mean, in some places they would also do some witchery (search for "Wicca")Wicca isn’t that old. Some time in the 1940s or 50s.
Wasn't it based off some older religion? Edit: i may have confused it with another thing
Nah.
Witches were post-menopausal women without men in their lives, for whatever reason. Thus useless with no perceived place in a patriarchal world.
There’s also a strong hx of docs being upset with midwifery types infringing on their space. This challenged patriarchy.
Generally independent and knowledgeable women, well fuck. We can’t have that. They must be a witch which will justify us getting rid of them.
A widow might also have property, if there was no son or other male to inherit it. If she were hanged for witchcraft or died during the
tortuetrials, (or in a different era if she were permanently institutionalized for hysteria) her property would be forfeit.There’s a book out there called Devil in the Shape of a Woman that gets into it. Side text we read in a history class because the main history texts didn’t really cover it at that time.
And counteract the curse of building our entire nation on top of one massive native American burial ground? I kinda doubt it.
You don’t see the Dutch building on Native American Building grounds (today), really makes ya think
Point to me on the map of the Americas where exactly the Dutch are currently building on Native American building ground.
Or the Congolese for that matter.
I bet the Finnish similarly aren’t.
Leylstad. It's built on reclaimed land. Before the Dutch got there, it was underwater.
The (many, many) witch burnings in history highlight sociological problems that still exist today, and given we've collectively slow-walked addressing them, reactionary movements are back in force, and pose a catastrophic existential risk.
It may just be human nature: We are very resistant to letting go of power even when not doing so is dangerous. And before we let go of harmful customs and traditions, we have to suffer a lot of harm.
I assumed they had been gaining in popularity after successfully cursing Charlie Kirk.
I just saw a post on reddit about some politician saying AOC has a coven of witches casting spells 24/7 on the child rapist.
Ooops it was Lemmy
https://lemmy.world/post/52428278
They couldn't even help themselves out, they supposed to help the rest of us too?
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