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...deviate fromthe cultural norm. They did deviate in severalnoteable ways, however: most of the accused werethought to be poorly conditioned socially. Theydid not hold positions of high respect orauthority in the church or the other areas wherepower for women was deemed appropriate. This factprobably targetted them further, for they werethen perhaps perceived as wanting power, and notabove using any means to attain it (Demos, p.68).When society evaluated the accused witches, theissue of power was central; their particularsituation of lacking power was magnified by thefact that "respectable women of middle age had agreat deal of power in the Salem society...
...pointed to reforms since his years incollege, when segregation and anti-Semitism wereprominent. "We are far better off than we werethen, thanks to the people who didn't write-offthe problems as insurmountable," he said...