The cover art for this episode is the ancient Greek God Poseidon, wielding his gold phallic symbol...I mean trident, in all of its pointed pointless glory. Poseidon is a great representation of patriarchy. He is strong, physically fit, irritable man who floats around the world starting wars, getting into meaningless arguments with humans, starting and competing in contests, sleeping with whoever or whatever he chooses, and starting causing natural disasters that eventually lead to the deaths of thousands of innocent people all so he can prove who has the biggest holy wang. Poseidon was Zeus' brother so he pretty much had it made, but being the brother to the king of all gods was just not enough for Poseidon. He wanted to be the king of the gods. Hades, a Greek god who was also Zeus', fought with Zeus and Poseidon for control of the world after beating the Titans, who were there celestial parents. However, they were so equally matched that the fight ended in a three way tie. In order to rectify this, they each drew gems from a bag. Zeus ended up controlling the sky, Hades was given the underworld and Poseidon got the ocean. But Poseidon's lust for power was never fully quenched; he often quarreled with and compared himself to Zeus, always noting how much better he was than his chosen brother. Poseidon flexed his muscle in the Trojan war and also ruined the journey home for Odysseus, one of Zeus' favored humans. It is Poseidon who is responsible for the Odyssey; Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son and Poseidon takes his revenge on Odysseus and Zeus for this reason. This flexing of muscle for nonsensical reasons and ego inflating is key to understanding patriarchy, a system which persecutes women by turning them into property. But patriarchy was not a uniquely male invention. Women and children had extremely low lifespans in ancient civilization, with a 75 percent mortality rate for infants and the average woman only living to twenty eight years. Egalitarian societies did not thrive because they did not have a warrior class to protect their tribes and so were overtaken by patriarchal tribes. This causes the sexes to come up with a sexual division of tasks. The men lived longer, so they hunted and led. Women did not live as long, so they stayed at home and cared for the children. Today there is no longer a need for such a system, but certain men scheme to keep it afloat in order to reap the many benefits of this ancient traditional tribalism.