The Salem Effect Part. 2 - How Big Pharma Usurped Feminine Authority

It is no secret that the west, particularly the United States, has had a historically poor relationship with women. So much so that it prompted several emancipatory acts, including women’s suffrage, and feminism. But, how does a society arrive at this point? Where did it all begin? And, why does the United States seem desperate to maintain this status-quo? Well, no one can say for certain where something like this began, but history always leaves breadcrumbs. The oppression of women within the United States largely ties to religion, and the egregious interpretations that come from western minds trying to discern eastern spiritual practices and concepts. However, many may be shocked to learn that it also ties to healthcare. Be that as it may, a brief revisitation of the Salem witch trials is necessary, as it is ripe with both culprits: religion, and healthcare.

You see, some creations are so massive that they trigger chains of events prior to their arrival. This is fate’s way of laying a foundation for the creation to stand on. Does this suggest that women were fated for oppression? Not necessarily. It was fated for big pharma to become exactly what it is today—the United States’ primary healthcare system—yet women were simply in its way. This is because healthcare normally flows through matriarchs. Think about it. The responsibilities of home making and child rearing have traditionally fell on to mothers. Then, as these women grew older many of them became mid-wives to help younger mothers do the same. This caused women to form a sort of monopoly on healthcare, as entire families, communities, and generations of women were funneled into homemaking, care taking, and child rearing.

Today, big pharma is so thoroughly entrenched into healthcare that it has become a default mid-wife. Most Americans are born in hospital beds surrounded by strange men in white coats wielding surgical equipment. This sets the average westerner on an unnatural path: away from their foremothers, and away from Mother Nature herself—whom mothers, in their untainted essence, personify. The herbal remedies and natural cures that they had freely and abundantly given are now seen as peculiar, outdated, and are even seen as witchcraft in extreme instances.