⚡Eineygður ☯ Flakkari⚡ on Nostr: I place the vast majority of this antagonism between the sexes squarely at the feet ...

I place the vast majority of this antagonism between the sexes squarely at the feet of Christinanity and their narcissistic bigotry passing for religion. That and neo-Marxists from the hippy era who twisted the narrative to be about hating men instead of hating upper classes. Albeit an anecdote, but one of my trans friends even admitted to me that his gender dysphoria was instigated by the misandry he was brought up with being raised by radfems. They literally bring it on themselves (and everyone else) and then like a broken record "blame men" because they don't have anything else but delusional bitterness and spite to offer for a solution.

As to Pagans, Tacitus spoke of male priests among the Germanic Naharvali who dressed in female clothes in order to administer the sacred grove in their territory. Saxo Grammaticus said the same of the Swedes in Uppsala during the period of sacrifices to the Vanir. Even Odin is accused of it on various occasions in association with his practice of Seidr. In fact being a homosexual man was perfectly allowed in Norse society, provided you were on top. If you committed rape or other sexual misconduct (against a freeman) the result would typically be your prompt public execution. There's even a story of a raid among the Rus where one of the women in the village accused a viking of raping her, so his mates executed him on the spot and gave her all his loot as restitution. I'd have to do some considerable research to find the exact quote again, but suffice it to say it's not unheard of, especially pre-Christinanity.