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Any woman who stood out from the rest was considered a witch
From the 16th to the 18th century all woman who stood out from the restO had more knowledge on any subject, was considered witch and should burn at the stake.
If you think the witches they were fat women, with a wart on their nose, wearing a peaked hat and flying on their brooms, you have very little information about the repression that women suffered since then for standing out from the social norm.
The philosopher Norma Blázquez explains in his book the return of the witches that although the female population had no education until the 19th century, naturally many women were curious about cLearn about different fieldsThey were looking for a way to inform and specialize in it.
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But if they were discovered on that path of learning or when they mastered a subject, they were pointed out witches, they judged them and they were burned at the stake. And, as incredible as it seems to believe, in the MMXXII century, women they still are marked, disappeared, raped and murdered; It seems that history repeats itself over and over again.
For your part the philosopher Silvia Federici recounts in Caliban and the witch: women, body and original accumulation that, when a woman was considered witch, stripped her naked to shave her entire body, as it was believed that the devil hid in his hair; They were also pricked with long needles throughout the body in search of the devil marks. During these practices many times they were vsexually encouraged to “prove” their virginity.
At witches” They were punished by ripping off their limbs., dismembering them, burning them at the stake, hanging them and killing them with palaces. Things haven’t changed much these days, have they?
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They were considered witches midwives, alchemists, perfumers, nannies, cooksthose who knew of biology, astrology, medicinal plantswho dominated curative remedies, contraceptives and practiced abortions. In other words, those who had knowledge of women’s issues and who helped other women.
All the witches that were brutally murdered they ran into a male or severalscared because those “witches” were better and had more knowledge than them, do you think it’s a coincidence?
If you who are reading this and you are a witch like me, never stop supporting other witches and to give voice to those witches who lost the battle trying to enchant the world with their magic.