"Most of the time, true. Women might not be possessions, but the Alfather has been known to bed a woman for the wrong reasons." It was easy to speak of his faults in third person. "All men make mistakes, where matters of bedroom are concerned."
Heirs, as she had said. That was one thing he had done; bedded women to create his line of descendants. There were worse things he'd taken a woman for. The Mead of Poetry came to mind as an example. Odin had no misgivings about what he had done to the woman that would be Bragi's mother. Yet in all cases, he felt the ends justified the means. Perhaps he used them, but in the end it was for the betterment of all.
As for one night stands, those he left to the openly willing. His noble virtues applied to all, and there was no honor in forcing a woman to do that which she did not desire herself. For those that took the bait, however, all bets were off.
"Yet, I hear tell these days he takes a better stance on such matters. He is also bound by his virtues." Most of the time.