Witchy Memes

Countless knowledge keepers, herbalists and medicine women have been crushed by their hatred of women

I think that's kind of a flawed view on Witch hunting. The women who were hanged or burned were mostly socially isolated, either by virtue of being poor, or too old, or too young, or a widow with no direct family, etc... People who were viewed as low-value by the general society and didn't have the means to defend themselves.

An herbalist, or a medicine woman, on the other hand, would have had considerable social status among the community, and a certain degree of wealth. They were notables, more likely to be accusing some young maid of consorting with Satan, than to find themselves in front of a jury.

The general view of the Inquisition as a diabolical plot against women empowerment makes me queasy because it makes the Church look kind of badass. As if they had rightly identified the threat posed by women, and articulated a plan to neutralize that threat, and executed it to great success... except that's really not what happened. No, <h