HIST 2930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexual Objectification, Freethought, Misogyny
3 Feb 2017
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Retelling salem stories: gender politics and witches in american culture. Some christian activists suggested that wicca conspired with feminism and socialism in an anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians . Significance of the first period: 1691 92 the salem witch-craft trials took place. Area surrounding salem, massachusetts, 19 people were hanged for witchcraft and at least 156 imprisoned. Salem"s accusers were linked with the conservative forces of fanaticism and superstition while the defenders and accused were associated with real and thorough reformation and justice . Visitors to the salem witchcraft museum are invited to consider the witch trials as part of a continuum of reactionary oppression. In 1899, charles godfrey leland produced aradia: gospel of the witches. Betty, wallace"s secretary, is turned quickly into a sex object when she loses her job and becomes her employer"s mistress.
