this has happened over and over throughout history, to humans in general but tween and teen girls in specific. there& #39;s a reason we have a trope that pubescent girls are vulnerable to possession, devilment, witchcraft, etc https://www.vice.com/en/article/88n4ap/teenage-girls-tics-lockdown">https://www.vice.com/en/articl...
*witch hysteria, not witch trials. no one knows why this is the case but my very general guess is that the culture and lived experience of pubescent girls is a magic combo of extremely stressful & extremely empathetic in a way that other types of humans dont experience the same
its so pronounced that i remember my dad actually mentioning the historical significance of it when i was about 10? he wasnt superstitious he just said it as a point of interest/curiosity to a person he saw was entering that stage of life
notice i point out culture and experience vs biological imperative. i dont think theres anything physical or biological about a teen girl that makes her more likely to be possessed by the devil lol. and i typed "me" first on autopilot which tells you something
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