In what I believe became known as Charivari in North America but known here as "Skimmington Rides" both men and women would be paraded through the village to humiliate them. There is a famous depiction in Montacute House exploringbuildinghistor… as well as a couple of "prints" by Hogarth. And of course many local villages still have their "Stocks" for a good dose of pain and public humiliation! I'm always interested in the focus on "witches" and the supposed "misogyny" when these of course were at their peaks during the hugely destructive "wars of religion", during which thousands of men were killed for being of the wrong religion, "necromancers" alchemists or magicians. Not to mention the various "inquisitions" in southern Europe (which tended to focussed on men as they were considered responsible for their whole family and so had to be targeted). Rather than hating one of the then two sexes the motivations had to do with stuff that have generally faded from our view, immortal souls, community, religious observance etc.
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