I read somewhere that the Duchess was in fact a direct-line ancestor of Princess Diana’s, and other movie reviews have also mentioned the parallels between the 2 of them. I remember watching Tilda Swinton in Orlando, there was a scene where Swinton’s character was a wealthy woman (if you’ve seen it you’ll remember she switches genders throughout her existence) and thinking about getting married – everything she owned, including her self, would automatically become her husband’s property. I agree with you that there’s still a heck of a lot of sexism around, even in the relatively enlightened cultures – but I’ll leave it to the feminist blogs to post about that
I read somewhere that the Duchess was in fact a direct-line ancestor of Princess Diana’s, and other movie reviews have also mentioned the parallels between the 2 of them. I remember watching Tilda Swinton in Orlando, there was a scene where Swinton’s character was a wealthy woman (if you’ve seen it you’ll remember she switches genders throughout her existence) and thinking about getting married – everything she owned, including her self, would automatically become her husband’s property. I agree with you that there’s still a heck of a lot of sexism around, even in the relatively enlightened cultures – but I’ll leave it to the feminist blogs to post about that