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SALEM EPISODE 8: Willful, weak-minded women?

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Are You a Puritan Woman?

In many ways, the old ways died hard. Kath brown agan is always still available to new england puritans whenever a woman acts out or talks disrespectfully. Kathleen mentioned several things there that might see a woman branded as a witch. If she does not remain in kind of harmonious relationship with her neighbors,. if she stirs controversy and conflict, if she too assertively demands what she thinks is hers - all those things could get woman in trouble. i think kind of conjure up some of the not very distant knowledge of women as spiritually the most vulnerable members of the community, the most likely to be seduced by satan.

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