So brutal wurden Frauen in der Geschichte bestraft

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  A term that was meant to be both contemptuous and compassionate . This word was used to deny women their femininity and even their mental health. But if you think these women were simply confronted with derogatory remarks , then we unfortunately have to say that it went much further, because one old maid was literally excluded from normal society.

  These women were sometimes even hidden in cellars by their own families, and in very religious communities such women were even banished and forced to live on the streets .  For many women at that time, marriage was therefore vital for survival and often had little to do with romantic love.  Let’s continue with a form of punishment against women that, unfortunately, cannot be said to be a thing of the past: so-  called honor killings.

  Honor killings are and never have been punishments in the sense of justice, yet they remain deeply rooted in the traditions of many cultures.  But what exactly is an honor killing? In fact, this is a murder committed by a family against its female members for completely senseless reasons. For example, honor killings are carried out because women have been unfaithful to their husbands, or simply because they reject the partner intended for them.

  In such cases, the women are usually coldly eliminated by fathers, brothers, or other male family members who invoke the so-called restoration of family honor . What do you mean by “to save face”?  How can I understand this? For example, I’ve left now, my relatives are talking about it now, they’re saying to my father, you’re not a man, you’ve lost face because you can’t control them.

  So he has to kill me to make people stop talking. Honor killings are therefore one of the most brutal punishments imaginable for women , as they always end fatally. In 2018 alone, an estimated 20,000 women worldwide were killed in honor killings . Unfortunately, such cases happen every day in Germany.  We are not the first, and we will not be the last, to whom this has happened.  The topic of honor.

  This is completely misrepresented. Next up is a punishment device that simply leaves you speechless.  And it’s about the Spanish donkey.  This is a type of wooden beam with a sharp triangular top edge, onto which the punished person is placed with their legs spread .  As if this idea wasn’t painful enough, weights were often hung on the legs to further increase the pressure on the beam.

In addition to the pain, this method primarily served the purpose of public humiliation, as those affected were usually also unclothed.  This punishment particularly affected women who were  accused of adultery or immoral behavior.  Above all, however, a specific group of people was punished: women who were considered witches.

  In the so-called witch trials, the Spanish donkey was often used to get the women to talk about their alleged dark magic and how they secretly cursed people, for example.  The next punishment is one of the darkest in history, and it concerns the so-called Magdalene Laundries.   These were  reformatories located within monasteries and churches, intended to free women from their sin.

  The women sent to such homes were mostly prostitutes, unmarried pregnant women, or girls considered to have behavioral problems.  Even unmarried women over 30 were forcibly committed, simply because they were considered a threat to married men.  In Ireland, especially unmarried mothers were forcibly committed , because an illegitimate pregnancy, regardless of the circumstances under which it occurred, was considered a particularly great disgrace.

Incidentally, it was not uncommon for underage girls to be sent there as well.  And although the whole thing was officially considered a place of protection or rehabilitation, degrading conditions prevailed in many of these homes .  The women were mainly forced into hard, unpaid forced labor, sometimes having to work 15 hours at a time in laundries.

  There were even actual prisons within these homes, in whose cells women were locked if they behaved badly or refused to work.  Some of the women, as well as their illegitimate children, were also partially abused for vaccination studies and other medical experiments .  And it was often common for the children to be put up for adoption with their mother after only a few years  .

  If you think that all of this must have happened a long time ago,  you’re mistaken.  Even though the first Magdalene homes were opened as early as the 18th century.  The last known nursing home in Ireland was only closed in 1996 .  Therefore, there are still survivors of these homes today who are now speaking out and fighting for justice .  The final punishment is also one of the most notorious torture methods of all.

  This refers to the so-called Pair of Anguish, which in German means something like ” shame pear” or “torture pear”.  It is actually a pear-shaped metal device consisting of several segments that can be spread apart with a screw.  It dates back to the late Middle Ages and was used to punish witches or so-called adulteresses.

The torture instrument was inserted into body openings such as the mouth or genital area and then slowly widened to cause extreme pain and internal injury .  It is even said that the jaw was dislodged, and many people who were tortured with the Pair of Enguish were  permanently changed afterwards.

  And not just physically, but especially mentally.  That’s it for our video.  Feel free to watch this video now, and we’ll see you next time here at Wissenswert.  Take care.   Yes .