Why do men hate women so much?

[Bob_in_VA]

214. That's close to what I have heard/read

Based on archaeological evidence from the Early Bronze Age Middle East and southern Europe , the main religions in the those areas were headed by a goddess. What happened was invaders from central Asia came in and took over. Their religion(s) were patriarchal and so superseded the previous matriarchal religion(s). However, to prevent religious wars, the goddess(es) were added to the invader's pantheon as the wives of the male gods. Zeus/Hera, Ares/Aphrodite, etc.

Interestingly, the males living under a female dominated religion didn't fear women's ability to bear children, they were in awe of it. Women's ability to have children was associated with the fertility of the land since people were spiritually linked to the land. Fertile women, fertile land.

Many North American tribal groups were actually run by women. The men of the tribe were only responsible for deciding when to hunt and protect the tribe from rival groups, the women were the planters of crops, a more reliable source of food. In these tribal groups inheritance was through the female so it didn't matter who the father was.