• otacon239@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Witches were just independent women who refused the patriarchy… so I guess maybe they still have a point.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 hours ago

    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.

  • Varesti@lemmy.zip
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    And counteract the curse of building our entire nation on top of one massive native American burial ground? I kinda doubt it.

  • Zephorah@discuss.online
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    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.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      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.

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        21 hours ago

        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.

  • zout@fedia.io
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    Your user name does not check out, you’re more black and white than multiple choice.