Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
by Guerrilla Girls

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Book Review: Some misinformation, but overall very good
Summary: 3 Stars

But in the book they also make the statement that about 8 million women were put to death from the Europe witch hunts. HUH??? Who is their fact checker? Check population statistics of Europe from that time and you'll see that with 8 million gone in 200 years would have led to a PRECIPITOUS decline in population - a decline that did not happen.

From on source on witchcraft comes this:

"Church persecution of witches occurred in England,
France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, and Spain. In
1431, Joan of Arc, the French national heroine, was
condemned to death as a witch by the English and
was burned at the stake. From 1484 to 1782,
according to some historians, the Christian church
put to death about 300,000 women for practicing
witchcraft. Many of these women suffered such
terrible torture that they confessed to being
witches simply to avoid further torment. "

300,000 is a huge amount but not nearly as large as 8 million. Guerilla Girls are about truth, and I'd hate to have their credibility questioned by those willing to poke holes in any argument you make. The book has another error in that it says the Stonewall Riots were in 1968. Actually, they were in 1969.

This said, the book is well-designed, but just be wary about accepting everything at face value as two errors already jump out. I hope that the Guerilla Girls will continue to spread truth and education but I also hope they do their research first.

Summary of Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes

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