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The witch hunts in Jalpaiguri are less known, but are motivated by the stress in the tea industry on the lives of the adivasi (tribal) workers. [43] In India, labeling a woman as a witch is a common ploy to grab land, settle scores or even to punish her for turning down sexual advances.
The Telegraph has compared cancel culture to "modern-day witch trials". [168] 45th and current U.S. President Donald Trump frequently used the term on Twitter, referring to various investigations [169] [170] and the impeachment proceedings against him as witch-hunts. [171] [172] [173] During his presidency he used the phrase over 330 times. [174]
An estimated 75% to 85% of those accused in the early modern witch trials were women, [10] [126] [127] [128] and there is certainly evidence of misogyny on the part of those persecuting witches, evident from quotes such as "[It is] not unreasonable that this scum of humanity, [witches], should be drawn chiefly from the feminine sex" (Nicholas ...
In the years since the witch trials, the unfairly-accused have been exonerated and, in 1957, Massachusetts issued a formal apology for the trials, stating that the proceedings were "shocking" and ...
Witchcraft is very personal and modern-day witches can use kitchen items, household tools or whatever they please to start practicing. 4. "Witches were targeted because they were evil or bad."
Witch-hunts increased again in the 17th century. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe included the Basque witch trials in Spain, the Fulda witch trials in Germany, the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland, and the Torsåker witch trials in Sweden. There were also witch-hunts during the 17th century in the American colonies.
Various feminist interpretations of witch trials in the early modern period have been made and published throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These interpretations have evolved with popular feminist ideologies, including those of the first-wave, second-wave feminism, and socialist feminist movements.
Category: Early Modern witch hunts. 2 languages. ... Main category for the topic of witchcraft, witch-hunts and witch trials of the 15th to 18th centuries.