Was the Salem Witchchaft hysteria caused by a fear of women?
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It was caused by a bunch of mean little girls who had nothing better to do than go around and falsely accuse people of things they did not do.  Only one of those girls later said she was sorry for what she had done.
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That's a very common fantasy for some women and a fear for others.
687865
Think about it this way : It is the same for you as it is for a boobless female in her 20s. All bodies are different. The big problem is that magazines create flawless photographs with air-brushing and other photohraphic techniques. Your fear is normal. Most people have it. Good luck........and btw, most females care more about your brain than your body.
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The fear of knowledge.\n\nLike all fears and phobias, epistemophobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. At some point in your past, there was likely an event linking knowledge and emotional trauma. Whilst the original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some kind, the condition can also be triggered by myriad, benign events like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experience trauma.
932820
Mainly because men want to be and mostly think they are the "leaders" in the relation; when a strong woman appears, they are afraid they would loose their superiority and that scares them!
737533
the main reason is witches did not exist in salem, which alone is a pretty good reason why anyone should be against them.
1031912
Women are amazing creatures who jump through amazing hoops for the most ridiculous of men. I've done it myself. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's fear of being alone.
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The Salem Witch Trials. Next time feel free to do your own homework :-P
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Both actually and instances before the inquisition.  The cry of witchcraft has brought on death to alot of people even when they really weren't witches.  If people were different, deformed or didn't act like people thought they should all throughout history they were accused of witchcraft.  If old women that were known to be 'healers' and knew herbal remedys for things rather than doctors who went by what they were taught in school, they were accused of witchcraft. A side note to this is Henry VIII, when trying to get rid of Anne Boleyn had a charge of witchcraft waiting in the wings if the adultry didn't work, going by a couple physical deformities she had, an extra finger and nipple.  The problem is that the word 'witchcraft' wasn't what they were really being accused of, it was satanism and worshipping the devil.  That isn't witchcraft.  What it truely was was just a persecution of those that were different than most and didn't believe as they did in a time where everyone was ruled by church law rather than secular law.\n\nIn the US and the Salem witch trials what we know now is most was probably done not to erradicate witchcraft but for power and wanting land and such.  A cry of witchcraft was a way to get that so they could seize their assests.  It is also thought now that alot of the 'visions' people had was probably brought on my a mold that was growing in their grain stores, causing symptoms that would now be known as a delusional disorder or other mental illnesses.  The funny thing is it was that the people that wouldn't confess to it, because they were truely innocent of the charges, were the ones tortured and put to death.  Those that confessed and were said to repent were let go!  Again, it wasn't truely witchcraft they were accused of but satanism and devil worship.  Witchcraft isn't that.\n\nAn anictode to all that is the Quakers in Pennsylvania were the most tolerant even though they were amongst the most religious.  One woman went to trial, accused of witchcraft and making a broom fly, confessing in court to Thomas Penn this he dismissed the charges saying that it was her right to practice whatever religion she wanted to, that it wasn't illegal.  The first voice of tolerance in an insane time.
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It doesn't sound like schizophrenia to me.  Sounds like a personality trait that might have been helped by her stress of growing up with an unreliable and unsupportive father (because of his illness).
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I think it's because it was mostly men who were in control of  nearly everything in the past. It was men who worked, voted, drove, and etc. I'm sure that when "God" was first acknowledged or came into existence, it was probably men who preached and wrote about "God" and they could only relate to a "God" that mirrored them in some manner. And because women were once considered weak, how could someone or something as powerful as"God" be female? \n\nI also agree with what you said about language constraints.
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You are confusing schizophrenia with Dissociative Identity Disorder (what used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder).  And no, all the personalities wouldn't.  Plus some of the personalities are probably men so they wouldn't PMS at all.
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Yes, but it was because of my witchcraft.=)\n~Blessed Be~
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People have the ability to create "thought forms."  Particularly in groups it is easy to create hysteria as well.  The biggest problem with this data is there's no way to have a control group so its hard to know for certain what was going on.\n\nOn the other hand, Poltergeists are never a "real ghost" they are in fact the manifestations of someone or some thing's latent psychic energy.  Also, Demons are always looking for belief to exploit... the results of this study really don't come as much of a surprise to me. It's a shame they never tried to identify further what really happened.\n\nThanks for sharing! ^^\n\n*added* Epona, I reported you... it's been over 24 hrs and still no response.  My question is, why did people give you two thumbs up for not giving an answer?
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good question.. i was in a psychology class and one of the girls pretended 2 have a seizure... i freaked... but out of like 30 people only 2 in the whole class came 2 the rescue and tried 2 at least help prevent a head injury... i was one of the 2 and when i found out the professor had let her do this i was furious.. scared me 2 death.. but i do think alot of people are afraid 2 help others... i mean used 2 kids could go where ever whenever they wanted but times have changed and we hear about crazy scary crimes on the news and everywhere so i think probably is the fear that is the biggest reason..
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"The fear of worms is known as 'scoleciphobia'.\n\nRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm"
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It sounds like the Salem Witch trials again.\n\nWe had to kill them to save them...