I'd like to touch on the witch trials and witch hunts of a recent era. Originally, it was never about witchcraft. Women were beginning again to understand their power over men and were using it. After countless centuries of being pressed down by religion for being the one to tempt Adam into eating the apple; and by man because man viewed woman to be the weaker sex; women had finally started waking up and doing something for their gender and men did not like it.
At the time, stories of witches were spreading like modern day urban legends and men saw an out. They capitalized on the fear caused by these stories and started accusing people of being witches. People they didn't like or didn't care for; people they wanted to get rid of. And certainly, less intelligent men came after that realized the same and did accuse people of witchcraft just to get rid of them; however they weren't as adept at hiding their trail.
As the fear spread, women themselves became a part of the hunters because they actually believed these other poor souls to be witches. After a time, it stopped being reduced to merely women being hunted and expanded to men, too.
Why they stopped: People of intelligence and authority in the world at the time saw that the witch hunts and trials were a sham, saw the brutal nature of these events first hand and gained the necessary strength to put an end to them. That, and certain members of the group that started it all were being accused of witchcraft themselves. It was entirely too violent to control.
What's interesting to note is that the entire thing actually pushed more people to dabble in magic and witchcraft. It became forbidden and interesting and promised power. As much as people detested the idea of others having it, they wanted it for themselves.
So, if you happen to wonder why women play so many psychological games and try to fuck men over as much as possible; here's one of the reasons why.
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