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The movie The Crucible is a depiction of exactly this.
2026-11-06 04:45:52
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kingcoolbrown74 :
Some of the accusations were downright stupid too.One guy got accused simply because he was able to lift something heavy.
2026-11-06 05:22:08
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Ems :
Also the women in jail already accused of witchcraft were tortured and to make it stop they had to name other “witches” so theyd name people they disliked
2026-11-06 07:46:34
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VideosForWinter :
That’s still a product of the patriarchy
2026-11-06 02:58:25
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COOLL TAZMAN :
SHE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT!
2026-11-06 11:16:45
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A Cool Ninja :
Some men were even tried as witches because they were like okay this had gone too far and people were like "that sounds like something a witch would say!"
2026-11-06 17:12:09
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Zephyr6879 :
the puritabs didnt like any form of fun. the hated christmas easter pubs football everything. basically what oliver cromwell did
2026-11-06 08:24:45
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William Lindroos :
Is this actually true?
2026-11-06 02:13:00
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Tristan Alexander MacAllan :
Through ancestry.com I found out that I am actually a descendant of one of those women….Sarah Wildes….. on my mom’s side. That was interesting.
2026-11-06 03:15:36
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arroe :
oh, this woman I don't like was sick but then she got better faster than I think she should have? 🫵WITCH!!🫵
2026-11-06 07:45:42
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crimson_rider25 :
Lets not forget in most white countries the primary victims were men.
2026-11-09 15:45:01
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Tenzing :
Throughout history, the vast majority of people tortured and unalived for witchcraft was men.
2026-11-06 07:53:31
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Joseph :
Basically, the real housewives of Salem
2026-11-06 17:51:41
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Heather Marie :
I thought it was a really elaborate land grab?
2026-11-06 16:18:21
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J.G.R.A :
For a second there I thought that was Tomska
2026-11-06 01:54:13
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5am.C :
Men were also trialed for being werewolves in 15th - 17th century
2026-11-06 09:26:00
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Rookie Bee :
this checks out more then any other part of that story.
2026-11-06 02:49:08
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K.R Campbell :
there is a reason why they were called puritans, the one curse of any pure society is no one is truly pure
2026-11-06 04:41:07
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Astraeus2446 :
What does footloose have to do with the Salem witch trials
2026-11-06 00:12:47
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terrible trex :
Go watch “The Witch” the beginning will tell you about the puritans
2026-11-06 03:46:49
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Sw2810 :
And yet that witch hunt was a joke compared to the ones in Germany….
2026-11-06 13:31:25
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Curtis :
The general witch craze in europe and america was mostly women accusing women but thats because of patriarchal ideas at the time and religion, like it was a very accepted view at the time especially by theologians and demonologists that women were less morally righteous than men and would fall to the devil easier, thats why even though “cunning folk” was a gender neutral career it was overwhelmingly women that were accused in that field, and women would accuse other women to become more morally good, or alot of the time because of the timing of the witch craze alot of men were at various wars that were happening so largely women were left working a field, oh a bad harvest, more likely going to be another woman accused, or their kid died in child birth they would very very often accuse their midwife, reducing witch craft to saying it gender wasnt a factor when the texts of the time explicitly stated that gender is a very key reason as why women were witches is just silly
2026-11-06 08:04:25
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Xan Francisco II 🧛♂️ :
They still do this today
2026-11-06 14:12:19
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OfficialGem :
however im pretty sure it started cuz women were brewing beer in couldrens with pointy hats and when men started brewing they were tryna compete and then made up stories about witches in pointy hats and couldrens. (If i remember correctly)
2026-11-06 16:50:07
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