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While it is not the first time that I have heard it, it still surprises me how women who gave birth to stillborn or who couldn't get pregnant were blamed. It was always the woman's fault if there were problems with childbirth. One thing that did surprise me was the link between infertility and witchcraft. Women that could not get pregnant were often assumed to be practicing witchcraft and "misdirected powers of fertility." (28) Other causes were often attributed to indiscretions. --Kellye S | While it is not the first time that I have heard it, it still surprises me how women who gave birth to stillborn or who couldn't get pregnant were blamed. It was always the woman's fault if there were problems with childbirth. One thing that did surprise me was the link between infertility and witchcraft. Women that could not get pregnant were often assumed to be practicing witchcraft and "misdirected powers of fertility." (28) Other causes were often attributed to indiscretions. --Kellye S | ||
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| + | What did you guys think about the picture at the beginning of chapter one? I tried to count the babies, I can't decide if there are ten or eleven. I wonder if colonists really thought about reproduction as so central to the new world they were creating. This picture makes it seem like they did. -- Rebecca | ||
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