Why majority of people accused of wichcraft were women? In this essay I would like to explain what the witchcraft was, who the witches were and why they were accused and executed. To start with I will define witchcraft and the witch. Nowadays the witchcraft is a registered religion. Witches are both men and women who practice spirituality through honouring the Earth. Witches recognize the divine in many aspects including feminine. A Witch believes the divine exists in her/himself and feels a direct connection with it. This description is unlikely to the one in the Middle Ages. In the Middle Ages the witch was seen as a savage being who tended to harass other human beings. Also the “healers”, who were people with the knowledge of herbs or ancient rituals, where also considered to be witches according to the theory “if you can heal you can hurt”. Middle age is very often referred to as the Dark Age. It is also because of during this period people relied more on Christian dogmas rather than on scientific knowledge. People considered poor harvest as a punishment from the god for their sins. They also believed that a rainbow has got two ends and on either one is a great treasure. These believes are obviously wrong. They are wrong because there is neither evidence to prove it nor logical explanation for such an occurrence. The same thing can be said about accusing people of witchcraft and burning them on the stake. Because of there were no scientific explanation for their misfortune, people had to use their fantasy to make-up an explanation. People needed satisfaction for bad things that happened to them, so they had to look for scapegoats. Scapegoat was always somebody with little or no influence and was on the bottom of social pyramid. Furthermore, the poorer members of a community were the less influential and therefore easier to prosecute. If a man was struck by sudden misfortune it was usually blamed on a witch. This witch had to be someone with less influence than himself because a more prosperous and influential member of society could enact more severe repercussions than a beggar or poor woman if found innocent. Women because of their lower position in society during middle ages were perfect targets. The statistics shows that more than half of the executed victims of inquisition were poor women who were over 40 years old. Also large number of them were widows. My personal opinion is that the women were not executed because of their sex. It was due to their low social rank. This claim could be proved by the fact that most of these victims were poor women with age over 40, which was quiet a lot in the middle ages, and a big part of them were widows which meant they were outcasts without a male husband to fight for their rights.