Some scholars think the church made this story up. The theory goes that Thor dressing up as a woman makes him look unmanly and weak which would make people that believed in the norse gods turn to christianity.
I think political abuse is worse, because govt imposes laws that are MANDATORY (unlike religions that are voluntary).
If you look online for Judicial or Legal abuse, this is as prevalent as religious abuse, but with public authority of govt.
It's tragic people fight to keep religious beliefs and biases out of govt, but don't recognize the same with political beliefs. The scariest "myths" or "gods" are the ones we don't realize we worship blindly like religions.