Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A different type of women's issue

Today I'd like to ask a question about women, girls, hysteria, and the occult...

What goes on in the minds of women, and more particularly adolescent girls, that is so fascinated by the macabre? Why do witchcraft accusations spring from young girls? Why do poltergeist supposedly flock to them? What is the mysterious affliction of hysteria? Why would a pregnant teenager feel compelled to pen the tale of Frankenstein's monster? Why when there were public executions and displays of anatomy, did women and girls vie for front row seats? What is it that makes the feminine have this blood lust...this aura of almost supernatural energy at times?

I don't know the answers to these questions, but it seems to be a pattern...any theories are welcome...

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