Same-sex competition and sexual conflict expressed through witchcraft accusations

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  • who: Sarah Peacey from the DepartmentUniversity College have published the paper: Same-sex competition and sexual conflict expressed through witchcraft accusations, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports

SUMMARY

    Situations relating to fertility and relationships will result in more accusations of women. 33% of witchcraft accusations with a known outcome resulted in the accused, whatever their sex, being forced to separate from their accusers (Fig 3). Cases where the accuser directly gained material goods or a political position (8%) were more common when the accused was male. The results suggest the category of . . .

     

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