There were, in fact, many people executed for witchcraft who were recorded as men, especially men who were accused of being effeminate or homosexual Fuck's sake https://twitter.com/insider_sister/status/1343703086171230208 …
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Also like, what's the point here? 'Given the choice between terrible death and not coming out, I bet these hypothetical people would have chosen not coming out. GOTCHA!'
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It's precisely because they were sexist that anyone seen as men that broke away from masculinity would also be punished by it. Like... You know, nowadays.
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Yeah, a lot of men were targeted. Especially if they were Jewish, Muslim, gender-nonconforming, not straight, outspoken against the church, Jewish, and did I mention Jewish?
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Also “effeminate” men being attacked is a result of sexism, because sexism marks femininity as inferior. This is basic stuff. TERFs are fake feminists.
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a witch is literally a woman by definition, it's a gendered word. the male version is warlock.
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Okay see it's not though That's a modern thing The Old English word "witch" is derived from its a masculine noun John Proctor was not hanged under some separate law for "warlockry"
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Have these people even watched reruns of "Bewitched"
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