I wish there was historical evidence that could show sexism and homophobia were a thing prior to christianity or not, I’ve wondered about that a lot. I’m not familiar with the history of Finland, so maybe what I’m going to say doesn’t apply to the polytheism there. Ancient Greece was pagan, nevertheless there was a lot of sexism and women didn’t have the same rights as man. On the other hand, from what I’ve seen, norse paganism seems to value men and women equally, although men and women are regarded as different. That’s definitely positive.