“Let us now chiefly consider women . . . and why [witchcraft] is found more in so fragile a sex than in men . . . When [women] are governed by a good spirit, they are most excellent in virtue; but when they are governed by an evil spirit, they indulge the worst possible vices . . . I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than to keep house with a wicked woman . . . Women are naturally more impressionable and more ready to receive the influence of a disembodied spirit . . . . [S]ince they are feebler both in mind and body, it is not surprising that they should come more under the spell of witchcraft.”
Which is an accurate analysis of attitudes toward women and witchcraft based on this passage from Malleus Maleficarum?
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Women were still able to be virtuous after accepting evil spirits and witchcraft.
Women were still able to be virtuous after accepting evil spirits and witchcraft.
Women were intelligent enough to avoid evil spirits and witchcraft.
Women were intelligent enough to avoid evil spirits and witchcraft.
Women were more capable of resisting evil spirits and witchcraft than men were.
Women were more capable of resisting evil spirits and witchcraft than men were.
Women were considered to be easily tempted by evil spirits to accept witchcraft.
Women were considered to be easily tempted by evil spirits to accept witchcraft.
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The accurate analysis of attitudes toward women and witchcraft based on the passage from Malleus Maleficarum is:
Women were considered to be easily tempted by evil spirits to accept witchcraft.
This choice reflects the view expressed in the passage that women are more impressionable and prone to the influence of evil spirits due to their perceived subordinate nature in both mind and body.
