re: do you have to be female to be considered a witch?

gothicstripper:

sapphic-matriarchy:

Short answer: Yes. 

Women creating life, nourishing life was the original act of “magic” 

their knowledge of berries and spices and medicinal salves were the first instances of “witchcraft” 

The female intellect and resilience were the first sign of “wickedness”

THEY were burned at the stake, stoned, drowned, executed publicly because they dared to have agency and knowledge, and were disgraced and exiled (best case scenario) for their craft. 

Witchcraft is a woman’s gift. The goddess imparted it on us. 

You want to be a druid? Cool, go for it. But don’t pretend that our craft can be co-opted as your own. You are not a male witch, you are disrespecting centuries of blood and sweat and tradition. Men cannot be witches. 

This is our witchcraft. 

I love that this post makes the assumption that men can’t be witches because witchcraft was created by women who were burn on the stake for it while blatantly ignoring the fact that people of color around the globe had been practicing witchcraft long before white women were being persecuted for it up in Europe for it. This is based solely on European history and just ignores the fact that people off ALL genders regularly used witchcraft in their societies.

Witchcraft was not created by women. And witchcraft was not created by white people either.