Fourteen of the 19 people hanged for witchcraft at Salem were women. So could their gender \u2013 or perhaps their transgression of gender norms \u2013 be part of the reason they were targeted? And what about the five men hanged? In this episode we\u2019ll try to unpick the complicated question of how gender impacted on the Salem witch trials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices