How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women

“The witch hunts were not a craze. They were a systematic way of keeping women in their place.”

Thousands of women were killed in Scotland for things as small as being too loud. It makes those old trials feel less like history and more like a warning.

“A woman alone was a woman at risk.”

Living alone or knowing about herbs used to be a death sentence. It is haunting how much we still judge women who choose to live outside the norm.

Many accused women were just poor or elderly. They were easy targets because nobody was left to defend them.

“The law was a trap with no exit.”

The legal system was literally designed to make it impossible for these women to win. Every defense they had was turned into proof of guilt.