Were the women burned at the stake, those hundreds of years ago, actually witches?
Women of the time were considered property. They came over from the old world. It was an excuse to “get rid” of unwanted women who did not conform to the standards of the day. Seriously, women of the day did not have independence nor were they of science. If the belief of witchcraft were true and when they burned them they were real witches, the people burning them would have been in big trouble. If they were a witch they could have easily gotten away and so on. You should read some history books on it. It was rather eye opening. It was kind of a racial/gender genocide.