Quote Originally Posted by Castling View Post
Diana was born into a world where women inhabit all roles and run everything. Why, exactly, would she be a feminist, given the basic definition of what a feminist is?
The basic definition that I find is that a feminist is someone who supports feminism. So then we have to find the basic definition of feminism which seems to boil down to a belief in equality of the sexes. So sure, Diana just assumes she's equal to everyone else, because she's never been told different. But then when she comes to man's world, she's told she's not equal, she doesn't have the same rights as the men in the room. And to her that's ridiculous---of course she's equal. So at that moment in the movie, she is a feminist.

And she never lets anyone tell her that she can't do something. Of course she's a feminist--you don't have to call yourself a feminist to do things that support feminism, i.e. the equality of the sexes. But if we stay in the world of the movie, it's hard to believe that, living in Britain and Europe, during the time that women were trying to get the vote, Diana didn't join those women who demonstrated for that right. How could she not support them? Or is it that, being a princess, she somehow believes that only the privileged few have the right to decide for everyone else?