These older women were the most often tried as witches. As can be seen from the Witchcraft Statistics Drawn from Contemporary Court Records, we can determine that witches were not very upper class type people. Most were married to laborers and farmers, which showed that they were poor, not wealthy. (Doc. 15) Also when looking at the males and females executed in Southwestern Germany, Switzerland and Selected Parts of France, it is visible that approximately 80% were women. Very few men were tried as witches. (Doc. 16) It should also be noted that almost all witches tried were older, around 60 years old, as shown in the chart Age of Suspected Witches. (Doc. 17) When taking all this into consideration, most witches were powerless, being both elderly and feminine. W. Fulhecke states that “The bodies of aged persons are impure…by the Devil whetted for such purpose to the…destruction of others.” (Doc. 13) Kramer and Sprenger, two Dominican monks, took it a step further stating that women are the target because they are weaker and are formed at the very core from sin. They are more ready to receive the influence of a disembodied spirit. The first woman was born imperfect, thus making women imperfect animals, leading them to always deceive and be evil. (Doc. 8) These both show obvious bias towards women, especially the elderly. They believed that women were naturally evil, thus were more likely to work with the