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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The word witch derives from the Old English nouns wicca Old English pronunciation: [ˈwittʃɑ] ('sorcerer, male witch, warlock') and wicce Old English pronunciation: [ˈwittʃe] ('sorceress, female witch'). so from gendered roots to gendered English... wicca -> warlock wicce -> witch
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it is interesting to note the convention for plurals to use the masculine nouns is broken for 'witchcraft' but not 'wiccan'. language is messy. and gendered.
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Are you saying society changes gendered concepts of things in like some kind of construct? that's unpossible!
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