![]() Relying on the social construction of sexuality in terms of women’s inferiority, the witch trials were part of the ongoing attempt by men to maintain their power over women. Lewd Women and Wicked Witches concentrates on the witch-hunts of early modern England and argues convincingly that they are a historically specific example of male dominance. ![]() She demonstrates that contemporary feminist analysis of heterosexuality and male sexual violence not only holds the key to an understanding of male power over women today, but helps us to understand male power in other historical periods. ![]() How do men manage to maintain their power over women even though women are by no means passively compliant? Marianne Hester explains how women’s experience of male sexual violence, through rape and sexual abuse, can lead to an understanding of male power over women. ![]()
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