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I agree with Cheryl that the rules seem to contradict themselves when they say that fortification or misbehavior should be punished no matter the gender, and women were punished harsher. But perhaps it goes back to the idea that while men were "smarter" and both admit guilt that it was the woman's fault because of the idea that women were filled with sin, as evidenced in the Bible when Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit (if i remember this is a belief that was still around at that time), and men were easily swayed by women (as perhaps they believed Adam was). So since the original sin in the Bible was committed by a woman, and it was a religious society, perhaps men were less punished because it was believed that they were seduced by the evils of women. - Elizabeth Frank | I agree with Cheryl that the rules seem to contradict themselves when they say that fortification or misbehavior should be punished no matter the gender, and women were punished harsher. But perhaps it goes back to the idea that while men were "smarter" and both admit guilt that it was the woman's fault because of the idea that women were filled with sin, as evidenced in the Bible when Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit (if i remember this is a belief that was still around at that time), and men were easily swayed by women (as perhaps they believed Adam was). So since the original sin in the Bible was committed by a woman, and it was a religious society, perhaps men were less punished because it was believed that they were seduced by the evils of women. - Elizabeth Frank | ||
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| + | I found it remarkable that Elizabeth Goodman stood up against the townspeople in her New Haven colony who accused her of being a witch. I assumed that these women would be so shocked by the accusations that they would feel powerless to do anything besides wait it out or that they would try to hide instead of face their accusors. Clearly Godman wanted to prove to the court how unfounded the claims against her were. I also was surprised that she wasn’t placed on trial until two years after she first sued. It seems that the justice system was just as slow in the seventeenth century as it is today!—Caitlin Quinn | ||
