Describe symbolism in The Rover by Aphra Behn

In Act V, Part I, there is a notable double entendre - a visual one, found in the moment in which the men draw their swords as they quarrel over who has the right to retrieve the woman captured by Blunt. In essence, they're arguing over who has the right to control her. In the world of the play, and the society in which it was written and performed, control over women means sexual control, which means that drawing their swords becomes an expression of their right to take that control. This in turn means that the gesture is an expression of who has the most sexual power, which means that the swords are phallic symbols. It's the age old belief - whoever has the biggest is the most powerful. In short, this moment embodies part of the play's perspective on gender relations - that for men, it's all about whose is the biggest.