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...becoming implicatedthrough a literal process of guilt byassociation."3 The accused were usually wives andmothers of "...solidly English stock and mostly`Puritan' religion" (Demos, p. 71). In thesecharacteristics, the accused did not deviate fromthe cultural norm. They did deviate in severalnoteable ways, however: most of the accused werethought to be poorly conditioned socially. Theydid not hold positions of high respect orauthority in the church or the other areas wherepower for women was deemed appropriate. This factprobably targetted them further, for they werethen perhaps perceived as wanting power, and notabove using any means to attain it (Demos, p.68).When society evaluated...
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