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…showed last 75 words of 601 total…women. It shows that men are capable of achieving far more than a woman ever could, and reiterates that women must do as told by their spouse. Although not all women are looked upon in a bad way in The Odyssey, the central idea and stress is upon patriarchy. There may be many opinions on different subjects within The Odyssey, but there would not be a question on whether this myth was patriarchal or not.