Prejudices that led to witch-hunts still affect women today, says historian
Women | The Guardian
Lucy Worsley, whose BBC TV series focuses on powerless people, says women continue to bear brunt of men’s rage
Prejudices that led to witch-hunts hundreds of years ago have not disappeared and women are still on the receiving end of men’s anger, a leading historian has said.
Writing in the Radio Times, Lucy Worsley, a historian and author, said: “[Although] we like to think we’re better than the people who hunted witches, witch-hunting still happens in some parts of the world today.”
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