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Wicked Blue

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2. Calling women witches is a way of tearing down intelligent, enterprising women

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Mar 17, 2021, 11:27 AM

Mar 2021

Some men just can't stand the thought that some women might be smarter, stronger, more creative or more skilled. Accusing these women of being witches, and possibly destroying their lives, helps protect fragile little male egos.

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Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches [View all] demmiblue Mar 2021 OP

"They wore the tall, pointy hats so ... customers could see them in the crowded mar Peregrine Took Mar 2021 #1

Calling women witches is a way of tearing down intelligent, enterprising women Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #2

It also enriches them. Don't forget that the church confiscated all the goods and monies and niyad Mar 2021 #6

Absolutely right Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #7

Cultural histories have so many tics and hates empedocles Mar 2021 #3

Thank you so very much for this most interesting and informative article. Women healers, women niyad Mar 2021 #4

Thanks to your wonderful OP, I just remembered Ninkasi, the Sumerian Goddess of brewing. niyad Mar 2021 #5