{"id":3540,"date":"2002-10-30T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2002-10-30T21:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2002-10-30T16:55:48","modified_gmt":"2002-10-30T21:55:48","slug":"hes_a_witch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/30\/hes_a_witch.html","title":{"rendered":"“He’s a witch!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your (no-doubt) Halloween-related news<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Academics say historians have ignored the suffering of thousands of male witches.
\nCanadians Andrew Gow and Lara Apps say they have been marginalised by researchers who have focussed on the persecution of female witches.
\nThey claim 25% of the estimated 60,000 witches executed in Europe between 1450 and 1750 were men.<\/p>\n

Fair enough. Gow, however, loses all his credibility when he further notes:<\/p>\n

“Look at Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/i>. Look at Bewitched <\/i>and other popular TV depictions of witches and witchcraft. They all revolve around women
\nexclusively.”<\/p>\n

Bosh. Doctor Bombay, Uncle Arthur, not to mention Sam’s father, the mighty Maurice, were all key members of the Bewitched cast.<\/p>\n

I hate<\/i> shoddy research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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