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Scold’s bridle “Azar dizgin”Bu araç, konuşmaları veya davranışları çok saldırgan veya asi olduğu düşünülen kadınları incitmek ve aşağılamak için kullanılan bir azar dizginidir veya ‘brankları’dır. Genel itibarıyla azarlama dizgini olarak adlandırılan bu demir maske, ilk defa 16. yüzyılda İngiltere ve İskoçya’da cadıları cezalandırmak için kullanılırdı. Bu maske, kadınların tek bir kelime etmesine bile izin vermez, tabiri caizse ağzını ve dilini bağlardı. Azar dizginleri öylesine acı

The scold’s bridle, also known as a brank, was a punitive device used primarily in Europe from the 16th to the 18th centuries to publicly humiliate and silence women, accused of gossiping or speaking out of turn. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the offenses of being a scold, a whore, or a witch were considered equally severe. During this period, female speech was often disparaged as ‘yapping’ or ‘barking,’. The primary goal of the scold’s bridle was to suppress women’s speech and maintain societ

The Scold’s Bridle They called it discipline. It was really a cage. Between the 1500s and 1700s, in Britain, Scotland, and parts of Germany, women who spoke too loudly, too boldly, or too freely were punished with an iron device known as the Scold’s Bridle — or the brank. It locked around the head like a mask. Inside waited a cold metal plate… sometimes sharpened. It pressed down on the tongue. Every word became pain. Every attempt to speak became blood. The crime was not violence. It was a voic