One of my favorite quotes was one the presenters used on page 183: "All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman." What we can learn from this quote: Women are wicked. Women are more wicked than the devil. The mere fact that they are women makes them crazy, therefore they must be wicked and do magical things.
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Women are created in a defective manner because they are "formed from a bent rib" and that is "in a contrary direction to a man" (Kors/Peter, 184). Oh, that makes sense. Men are perfect beings, so women must be the crazy ones who do evil things just for fun. NEVER MIND THAT THE DEVIL IS A MAN. Or does he not count because he goes against mankind? Oh, never mind. Basically, men can do no harm. Therefore, in my mind, all men must be Ryan Gosling.
Now, is that really the case? I think not. This section of the book loves to explain how women are inferior to men and that's why they are more susceptible to practicing magic. But where does their information come from? Women are "more credulous" than men, they are "naturally more impressionable" and have "slippery tongues" (Kors/Peter, 183). Slippery tongues? Really? Women like to gossip which means they must practice magic. Makes perfect sense. Did Kramer and Sprenger do research on this topic? Or did they just look at the people around them and decide men are superior to women? I'm voting for the latter. This whole chapter focuses on the imperfections of women, which implies that men are better than women because, remember, women are created in the opposite direction of men. We all know the reality of the situation:
