lithub.com/on-medieval-europes-systemic-slaughter-of-nonconformist-women On Medieval Europe’s Systemic Slaughter of Nonconformist Women
Medieval witch hunts rested on a strange contradiction: the accused were monstrous enough to kill but had no power of their own, only Satan's. Inquisitors used that logic to justify stripping, shaving and raping accused women under the guise of testing virginity.
— via Literary Hub, Eleanor Johnson
