Moral panic
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A moral panic, also called a social panic, is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. It is "the process o
Witch-hunting is a historical example of mass behavior potentially fueled by moral panic. 1555 German print.
Sticker art in a public toilet in Sydney. 2026
Satanic panic
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The Satanic panic is a moral panic consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse, sometimes known as ritual abuse, starting in North America in the 1980s, spreading throughou
Moral panic
…model of moral panic, below). Examples of moral panic include the belief in widespread abduction of children by predatory pedophiles and belief in ritual abuse of women and children by Satanic cults. Some moral panics can become embedded in standard political discourse, which include concepts such as the Red Scare and terrorism. It differs from…
Blood libel accusations against Jews are considered historical precursors of the modern moral panic.
In Early Modern Europe people accused of being witches were stated to be working for Satan and burned at the stake.
Rosie Waterhouse lecturing about Satanic Panics during the European Skeptics Congress 2015