SCOLD,S BRIDLE

I feel the need to add to my rant on witchfinder program on BBC. I pointed out that it was age inappropriate considering all Hopkins victims were elders. Since then I have seen another clip of the so-called comedy (personally I see that there is no comedy in a gynocide holocaust of widows). Anyway, all the clips of the witch/victim have given the impression of an assertive woman verbally and physically. This is the seventeenth century when a wife was legally caned. Then there was the scold,s bridle which was described by Antonia Fraser the historian as a torture device which could permanently damage the woman,s tongue i.e the articulate /mouthy woman lost the power of speech. Then there was the ducking stool which was aimed more at fish women in the marketplace rather than a nagging wife. The fish wife were loud to sell their fish which offended customers and led to the trader getting a ducking in the local lake. It was done more to punish than kill with a clear message that women are there to be seen not heard. Don’t nag and don’t raise your voice in public

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