Not Married And 20+? You Could Be A Spinster | Bridgerton | Netflix
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- A deep-dive into how any woman over the age of 23 (!!) was viewed as a spinster in 18th century Britain, the origins of the word and how Kate and Eloise in Bridgerton S2 come to claim the word as their own.
0:00 - Spinsterdom Explainer
0:51 - What is a spinster?
2:15 - What’s the male equivalent of a spinster?
3:45 - Spinsters in popular culture
4:26 - Spinsterdom as a choice
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Not Married And 20+? You Could Be A Spinster | Bridgerton | Netflix
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Duty, desire and scandal collide when Viscount Anthony Bridgerton decides to marry, only to meet his match in his intended bride's headstrong big sister. - บันเทิง
I liked this season more than season 1 in every way- drama, writing, pacing, tension... well done! The last episode in particular was one of the best hours of TV I’ve seen in ages.
I'm off today so I'm going to start watching and I can't wait 🤗
@hstickhstick 100% agree with you!!!!
same. i loved season 2 wayyy more but i would have liked little more of kate and anthony after they got married instead of only last 5 minutes
If only they'd stopped arguing for a second to have an actual conversation...
@@susivarga7303 i mean if i hated someone i wouldn't want to talk to them so that i don't get angry unnecessarily. Plus they knew they liked each other but kate couldn't commit coz of her sister
Acutally it's a good move to put Kate Sharma at age 26 instead of 21 in the book. More convincing as to why no ppl was counting her.
In the books she's a spinster but she's actually 21!! They often make commentaries like "she's almost two and twenty" 😂
Simone Ashley, who plays Kate, is 26 going on 27 in real life. (As am I, so her self deprecating smirk while mentioning her age and spinsterhood never failed to make me chuckle) 😊
She's a wallflower by those standards
I actually binged the season in one day! Well done, Shona and Netflix!
Thank god i wasnt the only one
Join the party!
Same 🥴
So did I! 😆
I’ll be 22. I’ll gladly be a spinster until I find a man worthy of my time. I binge this season in two days. I loved it.
Let's review this in a decade 🤣😂
@@hadasshakti takes a spinster to know one
Same lol
And what makes you think you will be worthy of his time?
@@JunedAlam-ux6ps ah, yes, a man in the comment section with this kind of questions
A lot of complaints on this season stem back to Kate's decision to not succumb to her feelings to Anthony and her character not being too fleshed out to reveal her inner monologue.....but I think this video really does explain that, and to be fair the show mentions it too....but her characterization is tied to her accepting her spinster status foisted on to her by society. She has to have a steely resolve and really cannot be compared to Daphne in season 1....which really explains why the Kate and Anthony situation draws out too.
Tediously slow.
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@@susivarga7303 stop commenting everywhere lol.
@@usri43 but I like it. I seek attention.
@@susivarga7303 eww
I love the way the series contrasted the grotesque practice of young women being pressured to marry old men (especially in season one), versus Kate and Anthony being two grown-ass people who fell in love as equals, at least in terms of their emotional maturity; there was too big a disparity between Daphne and the Duke in that regard. Kate and Anthony were perfection👌🏻
My parents were married in England and on their marriage certificate my mother's status is "spinster" while my dad's status is "bachelor." My mother was in her early 30's.
it is so hard for me to accept this fact
Thats just the reality of things. If you look at any biology book or just google what is the best age to have kids - for women is under 30. Women are most fertile and attractive when they are young.
@@alexforce9 The term "spinster" and "bachelor" are social constructs. A woman in her 20s, when she is "fertile" and "attractive", was still considered a spinster, during Regency times and in the 20th century. That's the point this video is making.
@@twinmapler @Alex Force this is so depressing 🥺
@@twinmapler Thats coz in those times a man was basicly obligated to marry his first and only gf. They didnt date. let me translate it in modern terms - imagine being on the dating market sinse you are 14 but no one wanting to date you even if you are already 26. We actualy have a word for that that many women love to use - incel.
Based on this...I am a spinster. I need to begin knitting and maybe cogi to complete my transformation!
Well, I'm 30 already, so I better get that knitting gear out. 😂
@@stephfh same...I am already behind on myself 😂
Let's make spinster circle and binge netflix with corgi on our lap.
What does “cogi” mean?
I'm 28 and unmarried so let me join 🤪
Amazing display of chemistry
i am almost 28 .. and still haven't had a serious relationship...where is my knitting gear and my 7 cats? LOL
Haha same :)
I thought the character development was much smoother this season - they were both fiery personalities and the chemistry was awesome. Being closer in age I think made it more equal.
Almost in my 40s. Oh, I am a queen Spinster 👑
Lmao, women will be proud of the most stupid things. Well, I hope you like cats.
This made me laugh, sounds cool though
23-26: Spinster
26-29: Thornback
29-35: Venus Deathtrap
35-40: Lady of the Blade
40-45: Fanged Dowager
45+: terrified silence, shifting eyes, if you speak of her she will know and she will show you no mercy
@@kitchy1914 🧐 you mentioned me? Such scandalous fingers you have to be commenting on a lady’s age and her marital status, or lack thereof. The walls have ears, dear. We hear everything.
Personally I liked Fanged Dowager best although that signifies that you once had a husband who died.
My grandmother told me that she was pressured to get married young because "soon your looks will go, you don't want to be an old maid and you'll be passed your prime before you know it!"
She lived in a rural area cole mining town in Kentucky, when a "young" farmer asked for her hand, and she was told by her parents that she would "be foolish to say 'no' to a husband with land"🙄
He was 26 she was 15!!!!!
And NOOOOOOOOO he was NOT a good husband or even a decent person!
He beat her, cheated on her and fathered other children with another teenager in the next town over🤬
I hope she divorced him at least
@@massalleh5255 yuuuuuuup!!!
Got all 3 kids!
New husband and they've been married almost 50 years!
@@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 🥳🥳🥳🥳
@@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066 i'm so happy your grandmother found happiness, it's what she deserved more then anything!💗❤
@@ilincabogza saaaaaaaaame!!!!
Ptsd is a very real issue around domestic violence.
She still has nightmares 😪
Never let it stop her from kicking ass tho!!!
I feel that her character is stronger here comparatively to the book. She is versatile, confident and content.
Not afraid of anything, ready to face tough situations.
This makes her more attractive and balanced as a character and suits her spinster lifestyle at the age of 26.
Book shows her as raw, tomboyish with more suppressed emotions; insecure about herself. It was different indeed but I expected her to be commanding which she wasn't, especially infront of Anthony but in the series she was not just commanding but extremely practical and learnt a lot of things which suited to men; lacking in her character in the book.
Though I would've loved a few scenes from the book, peeking in her most private memories and all, especially the one where she was scared with thunderstorms.
I was initially disappointed during the first viewing of S2 but upon reading the book, I will WHOLE HEARTEDLY chose the story edits in the series over the books. The series made Anthony’s trauma more believable and the way it was resolved with the right person, how Kate got/confirmed the thing she NEEDED before getting married, and the “accident” in the series is more dramatic and actually had more impact in showing how much Anthony loves Kate versus the scene in the book which was MEH.
I am so happy things have changed. I met my husband at 30 and had my children at 32 and 36. That was the perfect age for me and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I used to worry about being single in my 20s and it seems so ridiculous to me now.
So all the single women out there. Enjoy every stage of life! Whether single or not. Things will change before you know it and you might even miss the freedom you once had.
I'm sixteen and I needed to hear that. 🥺✋
I love this season! Kate won Anthony without trying. This Capital R Rake was sprung by the Spinster in episode 1. She was not ‘hunting’ for a husband but running from the prospect. This is what intrigues Anthony. She is smart, confident and beautiful even though she tries to play down her sultry good looks.
The other thing was that it was much easier to get married in the 1800s. You could meet at the start of the social season and get married at the end of the season a few months later. In the upper classes, it was an arrangement between families and your pool was limited. If a partner was suitable, and everyone (especially both families) consented to it, it was a done deal.
Today there are so many more options for partners. There is also the expectation of developing love and trust; and also going through various milestones together (moving out together etc) before even contemplating marriage. Considering how much time this takes, of course people would be marrying much much later than in the 1800s.
On a personal note, my husband and I met at 18, started dating at 19, got engaged at 23 and got married this year, aged 26.
Well marriage was also the only way for most upper class women to have sex, so it was either getting marry young and calm your titties, or keep your titties tights for eva
I love the original meaning of spinster because it was one of the few choices for women that weren’t marriage or a convent! They could earn money which since they were unmarried, they could keep and worked in a women friendly environment (not getting sexually harassed as many maids would have been). Sounds pretty awesome to me.
Not really. If you were of a higher social class the only position available for you was governess. Teacher in a girl’s school was an option but it was considered less respectable because you weren’t in a private family. Or perhaps companion to a wealthy lady. You could get lucky and end up in a nice family, but there could definitely be creeps in the family where you taught. The worst part of position was loneliness because you didn’t belong to the family and weren’t a servant so you were perpetually occupying an in between status, close with neither group.
From what I know from my family tree and the stories passed down by my ancestors, they were really poor and lived extremely hard and harsh life's.
It's also not a choice. Back in the days you learned those skills from your parents and with jobs like this one that often takes time to learn couldn't really decide on something else later on.
In the 1800's, my province in Canada was a British colony. I was looking through old family lists from back then and saw a 17 year old was listed as a spinster. I was like wth :O
Which province?
@ Newfoundland. We did not become a part of Canada until 1949.
I know some people didn't like this season especially those who read the books however I really enjoyed I feared I wouldn't cause it wasn't Daphne and Simon's story but they transition well and got very emotional over how it was clear they loved each other but fear played a big role and the season also did a good job at leaving me wanting more of the other siblings which Imagine was the goal
I've read the books and I'm not disappointed, like the first season there are a lot of things changing and also I had lot of good surprises hope to see more of Kanthony the next season
@@belenandrade6943 more??? They were the main characters here and they were hardly ever together.
How do you want that to change?
@@susivarga7303 let the writers give us an amazing continuation
@@belenandrade6943 with Benedicte. He's next.
I guess that was why I felt a bit let down by it. I loved the actors though but didn't like the storylines especially how Edwina's role was changed so drastically. Good acting all round
Really love Kate and Anthony, but it’s not enough scene about them for me.
I'd imagine it's because they needed to set the other characters up for season 3 and it's hard to do in a TV show rather than a book
@@terynb4407 I think so, hope can see them in next season 3 (although not main character).
spinster at 21. great.
Same
29 over here
One and twenty *
22, spinster is a valid job
Omg considering I didn't get married until I was 37, I guess even the terms "spinster" or "old maid" wouldn't have applied to me! I would have been called far worse. Basically the perceptions of when women "should be married" in the Bridgerton / Regency world, and the age they're considered "too old" for marriage is what China considers to be "of marriageable age" (up to age 25) and "leftover" (older than 26) respectively, today. Crazy how a world over 200 years ago still applies to some societies today.
My cousin got married a few months ago and the registrar referred to her as a spinster, not in a rude way or anything but as an actual offical term before marrying her husband. I was so shocked 🙈🤣
Ladies come out/debuts at 18. if she's unmarried at 21 in the book, she's on her 4th year in the marriage mart. Mart like a cattle market, she's unsold for 3 years. I'm glad not to be living in this period.
Well, the men had to take in the women and take care of her and her childern for the rest of her life. If no one wants you in your prime - then your chanses are getting slimmer and slimmer the more years past. Its true even today.
Its just not so noticeble coz men are not obligated to marry their first and only girlfriends. But if you think about how hard it is to find a man who want to marry you - then you will see that times are not so different.
this season was way better than the last one
Yess!
This attacked me in so many ways LOL
i was cautious liking the second season... but it got me quickly invested. truly
I'm 23 and I've been a spinster for a couple of months. I was born and raised in the Upper Midwest and moved to the deep south when I was 11 almost 12 years ago. What a cultural change. In the deep south, things move a little slower and people are more traditional, judgmental and religious. But when it comes to marriage, they rush right into it!
When COVID hit, the marriages came out of nowhere. People getting married left and right, from 18-24 years old. The pressures I still feel is just high and real. I never really liked it down here, but this gave me more so of a reason. Those who aren't married are sort of viewed in a different light. Me, already being an oddball for dressing differently, having a shaved head and originally being from up north, I'm more of a double target. People are more shallow and conservative. I just don't understand why many chose and want to get married at such a young age, when you don't really know who you are and what you want, and you have no experience! People act like there's a time limit and there isn't.
I do not wish to get married right now, considering my situation and condition, but I do in the future. After I graduate college this year, I'm moving to the New England region of the states. I'll probably fit right in and find a suitable match then. It's just a shame that single women, especially when they reach a certain age, are frowned upon, just for not possessing a ring! This needs to be changed because this mindset is wrong!
actually, she's not a spinster, she's 26 so she's a Thornback which awesome. I am firmly a Lady of the Blade (unmarried at 35-40)
I'm 26 and single AF, thank god we live in the 21st century
Honest question - do you think that it will get easier to find someone the older you get? Coz if you are that young, and still singel, why do you think it will get better when you are older and no longer as attractive as you were/are now?
Oh Alex you poor little snow flake. Must be hard keeping up...
@@daughterofisrael671 lmao, calling someone snowflake? Realy? I love when people dont adress arguments, they just call the other person names.
@@alexforce9 Alex are you just desperate to get women to setting for men like you but telling them no one will want them after 30 so they better give a "nice guy" a chance. I gave a nice average guy with no assets in particular who didn't drink smoke use drugs and who was in college. Was even a little shorter than me.. Sure he made min wage at the time but was trying to better himself. He said he always dreamed to be a father. So ya I am married a few years and I ask him "are you still happy with me? are you sure you will be here for me and a child?" Yes he was sure. About a year after that I give birth and find put he's been having an affair since I was 6 months pregnant.
Men say anything to get what they want, pretend to be anything to get what they want but they will not stay no matter how young and in your prime you are as a woman. If he sees something he wants he will go after it. Vows be dammed because men are selfish. I have thrived since the divorce. Didn't even sue for support.
@@alexforce9 Alex are you just desperate to get women to setting for men like you but telling them no one will want them after 30 so they better give a "nice guy" a chance. I gave a nice average guy with no assets in particular who didn't drink smoke use drugs and who was in college. Was even a little shorter than me.. Sure he made min wage at the time but was trying to better himself. He said he always dreamed to be a father. So ya I am married a few years and I ask him "are you still happy with me? are you sure you will be here for me and a child?" Yes he was sure. About a year after that I give birth and find put he's been having an affair since I was 6 months pregnant.
Men say anything to get what they want, pretend to be anything to get what they want but they will not stay no matter how young and in your prime you are as a woman. If he sees something he wants he will go after it. Vows be dammed because men are selfish. I have thrived since the divorce. Didn't even sue for support.
Great video and interesting, give whoever made this a raise.
I have noticed myself the term spinster has gotten a lot of unfair negative connotations, both hundreds of years ago and in the modern day when really there are a lot of advantages to being one such as being able to enjoy freedom and if you are smart enough a life where you don't need to rely on anyone. Also imagine being considered old and worn out at 26 when you are most likely still physically capable and the most attractive you'll likely ever be.
I guess that makes me a zombie as I'm in my mid-30s.....or better yet....A Vampire! 😈
I’m 25 as of last Sunday… welp no hope for me then lmaooo
What is more ironic is that in the book she was called a spinster at the of 21 🙌
I belive that Netflix can help Eloise find more ineresting destiny than houswife
I hope Eloise ends up with someone else, TBH. I don't care for Sir Philip.
@@tropicaldepression8202 the character in the book is not at all how I envisioned him to be as he has been portrayed in the series. But they have completely re written the whole of book 2 so heavens knows how the rest of the books will be trashed. I would imagine Julia Quinn is quite sad as to how her best seller as ended up being completely rewritten by a set of screen writers who thought her work was not good enough to use. Quite insulting, actually. But as she has sold the rights she just has to smile and be show a happy face. This has happened with other books to the screen so that all that is left of the original is the Title and the main characters names. I love adaptations but to completely rewrite the plot context is poor form. Most of the laugh out loud humour was completely left out sadly.
I hope they rethink their approach to the next books. The screenwriters need to go look, at far better adaptations from book to series like Poldark, Outlander and The Secret Garden ( the first 1980's version) as there are definite changes but no plot direction changes
Unchaperoned and unbothered
💅👄
Yes. 😂✋
Eloise should technically make it to Spinsterhood, but knowing this is Netflix they'll probably change who she ends up with and the timeline.
Why would they? It's still ~7 years away.
Theo..
@@Username-le4eq theo is basically sienna to anthony, El would end up with Marina instead of Sir Philip to have LGBTQ representation
@@siege824s8 nah marina is annoying. The bridgertons showed her kindness but in return she just shouted at them etc. Nope.
It says a lot about our education that such video is needed.
If you were single over 25. You were called a thornback 😎
I turn 23 this year...i'm ready for my spinster years lets goooo 🥂 I need 7 cats
Ahhhh I am considered a spinster by my family and my community. Somethings haven’t changed from the 1800s and south Asian communities is this.
Awsm series
I’m 40, gay, ugly and never had a relationship. I’m beyond spinster.
LoL, I'm a thornback by now because I'm over 26, and I couldn't be happier
Im a granny at 30.
Oh hello everyone, I'm 25 & clearly a spinster. A pleasure to be one
Haha, me too!!! I'm a spinster and proud!
Im a spinster lol at 24
I'm one at sixteen! 😂✋
I feel attacked...
Old maid at 26?😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Let me laugh 😂😂😂
Adding insult to my wound…brilliant 😅
I'm a 26 year old maid.
Damn, I always thought I was born in the wrong era but Regency would've been the end of me.
I would be the Penelope in those times.
But I wouldn’t start my own business. I’m to stupid for that.
It is good to know, that in our "modern" time, a woman becomes unworthy of attention at the age of 30 max 35. In incel circles, it is called to "hit the wall". What a progress indeed! At least I probably will not starve to death if I remain unmarried, so that is something. Although if the prices keep rising... We will see :D
Loving this season butttttttttttt the caked on make up especially for the Sharna sisters. They are stunning, no need & especially during that time period would they have it
Really?! You thought that was caked on?! 🤣🤣🤣. I thought it was pretty natural looking 😌
Actually it's very applicable thing for Indian or Indian origin women .
In book she is even 21 and called like that so it is so normal for 26 in that area
i'm 19 and im sure i'll be spinster lol
This is better than wasting time in the kitchen every day
At church they make you feel like a spinster at 24 even in the 21st century 🙄
26, guess I'm a spinster🤣
classed as not young at 26 and im here single af with 2 dogs and a horse at almost 33 *cries* T_T haha
They did a good job with season 2. Anthony and Kate's story is the weakest of the book series and serves more as preparation for Colin and Penelope's story. In the book Kate falls for Anthony when he defends Penelope. The changes added weight needed for the adaptation especially concerning Kate and Edwina's sisterly relationship.
i'm surprised to see this take, cause in my opinion benedict's was the weakest link with all the cinderella retelling thing, and found Anthony and Kate's story to be way better than Daphne and Simon's lmao
@@spideyxalmighty695 funny you say that bc Offer from A Gentleman got me into the series. I liked the Cinderella angle and the Author did something different. Benedict had to learn to accept Sophie as she was and not as the ideal he fell for when she was in disguise. It also created a realistic obstacle with her illegitimate status and how it made her vulnerable to expiration by step mother. I feel it will do great in the TV form with the right tweaks.
Lol. Weakest! That is your opinion.
Weakest? Anthony and Kate's story is a fan favourite and one of the best stories in the book series.
WHAT!? Anthony and Kate's story is far from the weakest. Jeez, you must like some real sweet sauce romances, because the fire between Anthony and Kate is where the Bridgerton series finally came to life. All the other stories paled in comparison, as far as I'm concerned.
What I don't understand is that Kate is actually commoner that just happen to get let's call it "adopted" into high society since her step mum is a lady and her father was just a regular guy that worked with nobles . How come Anthony can marry her and not opera singer from season 1? They are both penniless and don't have any high society blood in them.
It's about their sexual reputation and social status each one holds
Because i believe she had lived long enough to live like a Noble just like her step mother, who cherished her as much as her own daughter. So he earned her nobility through her step moms love, and hence the title ofna lady in the society. Edwina is the granddaughter of the Sheffields and both lady sharma and Edwina have lived with kathani as family since edwinas birth. Hence her eligibility to be a part of the noble class tho she herself by birth was a commoner.
Had lady sharma left kate completely out and denied the sharma name to her, she would be as common of a person as any one. Hence it was lady sharma and her family being part of the nobility and her taking in as her own daughter made her eligible as any noble lady would be.
My autocorrect and English are both not so good so apologies for that😅
@@dr.a.n.k.960 Well Sharma is last name of her father so her step mum cannot took that name from her. She is still technically a commoner with a noble upbringing and nothing more. I think writers made this kind of problems in the story since Sienna Rosso was not a character in the books. She was inspired by character Maria Rosso that didn't have that big of the role with Anthony like being his love interest that he is willing to run away with her and leave his duties behind. Just saying Anthony season 1 and Anthony season 2 love life don't have any connections and that was not good writing job.And it is very confusing if you binge watch the show one season after the other.
Being sponsored by lady Danbury gives Kate a higher social status even if she's not part of the nobility
I love kate sharma ... but she was 21 in the book why did they change it ?
They also had her name updated to Sharma in the show instead of scheffield. While calling someone a spinster at 26 is a bit ridiculous, calling a woman that at 21 is laughable. I also like the name update so that they incorporated their south Eastern asian culture more.
Because that would have made Edwina too young to marry 20+ Anthony.
I think it makes it less ridiculous to a modern audience.
Oh no! I turn twenty six at the end of May! I have one month to find a husband 😂
What happened?
it sounds creepy but most ladies did marry in their teens.....people didnt live that long like if you were 40 you were super old!
They married in their teens because they were being controlled by men, not because of any life expectancy issues.
@@Nopenopenope6969 of course life expectancy played a big role. You really think people would choose to have kids at the age of 30 if life expectancy was 40? Especially considering that having a lot of kids was the norm?
@@justsaying8358 The reason why the average "life expectancy" was 40 simply accounts for the high rate of infant fatalities. Those who lived through childhood didn't tend to drop dead at 40, but rather had a life expectancy that was not much worse than today. Aka that common statement out of context is an error in statistical interpretation.
@@Nopenopenope6969 I like how you forget that it was also men who basicly fed and clothed those women. Women were free to leave their family and not get married. Or to marry the horse boy if they wanted. But actions have results. You cant expect your dad to pay for your meals when you are in your 30s and single lmao. Specialy sinse your father have sons that MUST take care of their wifes and children.
@@Nopenopenope6969 you think they didn't want to get married?
Cinderella
26?
_Leonardo Di Caprio left the chat_
U see I just tried to get the new one and I got the old one again I want to see the one with the two sisters 👯♀️ she is taking care of her sister to marry
Well I can’t get it this one I saw the first one I hit the new one and get the old one
I am a spinster. A man would be termed as a bachelor.
hey spinster is a valid job ( i'm 22 and single XD )
These society labels like 'Not married at 20+?" And "splinter " can you guys stop emphasis on such nonsensical words and let a women chose the way she wants to live!!
A woman can live as she wants. But her actions have results in the future. If young women dont put efforts into finding a parther earler in life, it gets harder the older she gets. Its just facts.
They died early back then.
In Sweden we have the word nucka for unmarried/unwanted women...it sounds so awful and I'm one of them.
Season Two ✔️
Edwina ❎
I'm 22 so i'm a spinster i think in 30 i'll be smonster 😏
Is it so wrong I consider my obnoxious boss a spinster?
So if "spinster" refers to an older, unmarried woman -- specifically a woman. Surely there must be a word for an older, unmarried man. "Bachelor" perhaps?
Thats what the video said...
The book is more accurate to history and the sister are 17 and 21
No one who watches brigerton cares if it's accurate to history
I missed sexy scsnes like season 1
Just call us lesbians
I love the plot line and the time spend on other characters ...but there was way too much time spent on the gaslighting of the sister and themselves 🥴🥴 No wedding for the Kate and Anthony ....hardly any time spent on them as a true couple ....meh🤷🏽♀️
I was so disappointed, no proposal no wedding. We went from them dancing together to them as husband and wife, it felt rushed
Then again, I think it is important to remember why men marrying at an older age was so normal and, even expected.
We cannot act like woman at that time were the only ones suffering. Especially when we talk about how people suffered from objectification and expectations, based on their gender.
Woman's only value was often their looks or their ability to provide a healthy child. So they could only marry at a young age. While for men no one would have married a very young men because they weren't accomplished yet.
You could pretty much only be an old bachelor at that time because while woman were expected to stand still and be pretty, men were expected to ''provide''.
Woman had to provide an heir and men had to provide a living.
Just like men didn't want older woman, woman didn't want young men who couldn't offer a certain degree of financial stability yet.
It's really about what is worse for you. But we need to stop acting like men had it better. In some regards yes, but not in many.
Beautiful? Oh please.
The second season was good stuff. Though I agree that Kate's internal dialog would have been MUCH more interesting than hearing her repeat " my sister, my sister" all the time. I wasn't buying into the mother being that absent and detached for so long g and the younger daughter still atta he'd to momma. This was typical bodice ripper romance without the ripped bodice. Bridgerton is nothing if not fully consensual 🙂
But Kate seemed stiff and one dimensional if not manipulative when truths were revealed that her mother didn't even know?? meh, a bit much.
Loved the other story lines though and that helped smooth the stiffer Kate stuff.
If you are living your life happily why do you care what people have to say?
This victim mentality is getting out of control.
Anthony is still the worst, she deserved better but alias, at least she has an amazing extended family to occupy her time and she can boss Anthony around when he's getting too stupid again.
I didn't like this season it was boring. It could have been a 2 hr movie instead of a mini series. There wasn't any chemistry between Kate and Anthony for me they just didn't click. Hope season 3 is better. The balls weren't as good as season 1 either
Crazy that I liked this season more than season 1. Shows you that people have different opinions and likes.
The second season has a agonising stupid story and characters making unbelievable stupid decisions. And no amount of reasoning with the character motivs will alter that. In the book the story makes more sense. Fortunately all the actors are good, a lot of sidestorys and a marvellous setting makes it worth looking at. Though I hope for a better story on season 3.
Dirty old spinsters
but better than wasting time in the kitchen every day
not as good as season 1, boring yawn fest minus the sex, could of been a 2hr film and i am sorry too many nods to jane austin .the only good thing about season 2 was the queen and lady danbury
To each their own. Very much disagree
The fans are completely split on this. Season one was fine in my opinion, but the chemistry between Anthony and Kate blew Simon and daphne out of the water. A look between them was enough to get the heart racing. I loved season 2
I loved it
Nah man I loved it, way more mature and much better writing
the kate-anthony relationship of season 2 was easily the weakest plot of the season. the actors did their best with what they were given, but the writing was terrible. i've heard the books handled it better so have to accept it's an adaptation problem