The philosopher and theologian Professor Mary Daly with Phd's in both subjects, wrote an in-depth analysis of the torture of women as 'witches', in her book, 'Gyn/Ecology.

Sadly she was also harassed at the college where she taught, for decades and under threat of losing her position there.

Accusations of 'witchcraft' she defined as a form of misogyny not a 'global practice', though hatred adn dehumanisation of women occurs under patriarchy , by definition.