Gauntlet

But there’s still an underlying theme behind all of these trials, murders, and incidents of torture: the superstitious fear of women. Until the ignorance and misogyny that drives these accusations are rooted out, these incidents will continue. And if you think this only a problem among “primitive” people, that it’s nothing but ancient history for “civilized Europeans,” think again. It’s a human problem. Do you know when the last woman was imprisoned for witchcraft in Great Britain?

1944.