Re: Women were viewed as instruments of Satan by the Puritans?
to be serious, i dont think colonial puritans invented that. It dates back to adam and eve. So all of christian faith has that in their history. Puritans in England were pretty hardcore hence why...
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men are the instruments of satan, the skin flute http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2007/10/puritan-women.html
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I haven't read a whole lot of Puritan authors but Increase Mather (Cotton's father) wrote this in his Angelographia: "If those White Angels appear to Females only, who are the weaker Sex, and more...
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Dear Kakugo. I haven't read Angelographia by Increase Mather. But I read The Wonders of the Invisible World. In this book, Cotton Mather was not referring to all women, but only to Witches and...
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I'll make some general remarks on this topic. a) Historical rights should be analyzed relative to the contemporaneous alternatives... how were the rights of women protected in Puritan culture versus...
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Certainly, one of the outcomes of the demise of the family is that a woman's family is now her friends; be it college friends, work office friends, or the "we are global citizens; therefore, everyone...
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It is not discussion about demise of the family. I just asked a question: Murray Rothbard said that the puritans viewed women as "instruments of Satan". I haven't found none writing by none puritan in...
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im confused... are you looking for a puritan who said the exact words "instruments of satan". Then i can understand the problem. but it sounds like you are thinking Puritans treated women equally?...
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im confused... are you looking for a puritan who said the exact words "instruments of satan". Then i can understand the problem. No exactly. I'm asking about some puritan writing of 17th century that...
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A woman's family is not her last line of defense. Her SELF is her last line of defense.
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youre right. im finding it difficult to find something along those lines, but to Rothbard's defense he does say in the very next paragraph that men were subject to it too. So Rothbard isnt saying...
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No citation = no concern....if he can't back up a very obvious research statement it's a hack job or just an informal piece of entertainment
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Furthermore, during the Salem trials, men also were executed: John Willard, George Burroughs, George Jacobs, Sr. John Proctor and Samuel Wardwell. Then, was not a persecution to women. Was for...
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John C: Dear Kakugo. I haven't read Angelographia by Increase Mather. But I read The Wonders of the Invisible World. In this book, Cotton Mather was not referring to all women, but only to Witches...
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Searching more about, the Puritan viewed not the women as instruments of Satan, on the contrary, were viewed as "helpers". The Puritans understood that the wife and husband have their roles. The wife...
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