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Witchcraft: everything you wanted to know

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Witch Trials

In the contemporary world, there are dozens of women being beaten up and brutally murdered for being witches to day. Most people accused were not petty healers or cunning folk or wise women or midwives. The link between female healers and witch triers is fairly tenuous. And he whole history of how men dominated the professional hatee. But those generally aren't the peoplewho are being accused. It isn't about secret female knowledge of medicine, or anything like that, as that's not why people are being accusing. Raft people of being accused of witchcraft because of misfortune.

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