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Many people don't know that more men than women were convicted of sorcery during the witch/witcher hunts.
That’s not true in general.
In Europe 75%-80% were women who were accused and executed for witchcraft. Source: https://www.gendercide.org/case_witchhunts.html
But there were specific areas where more men were accused
“Around 40% were men in Aragon, 50% in Finland, 58% in Friaul , 60% in Estonia, 70% in Russia, 75% in Normandy (though the figure was around 50% in France more generally), and an enormous 92% in Iceland”
Source: https://publications.essex.ac.uk/esj/article/id/12/