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Many people don’t know that more men than women were convicted of sorcery during the witch/witcher hunts.
That’s not true in general.
In Europe 75%-80% were women who were accused and executed for witchcraft. Source: https://www.gendercide.org/case_witchhunts.html
But there were specific areas where more men were accused
“Around 40% were men in Aragon, 50% in Finland, 58% in Friaul , 60% in Estonia, 70% in Russia, 75% in Normandy (though the figure was around 50% in France more generally), and an enormous 92% in Iceland”
It was also a popular way of getting rid of unwanted neighbors/people.
The Germans also dipped into the horror/genre territory, when people accused of being werewolves got the same treatment, as witches.
And the US is about to do the same with “autistic” and neurodivergent people.
The sad part is, it’s all coming back. Day by day, more women’s rights are being revoked, or the political and economic climate is shifting in ways that make it harder for women to truly access the rights they legally have.
