Malevolent NurtureWhy were women far more likely than men to be executed for witchcraft in the early modern period? Questioning approaches that focus narrowly on the male role in witch hunting in England and Scotland, Deborah Willis examines the fact that women were also frequently the accusers. Willis draws on the strengths of feminist, new historicist, and psychoanalytic criticism and on such primary sources as legal documents, pamphlet literature, religious tracts,