The story explores her hidden desires, risks to career and family, consent, and self-acceptance through an erotic thriller lens, with scenes of dominance/submission, masturbation, and kink encounters. The female CEO protagonist's arc focuses on asserting sexual agency and kink desires against traditional expectations, yet these elements remain tied to individual self-discovery rather than broader ideological mandates. Director Halina Reijn's explicit feminist framing drives the narrative through statements on normalizing non-traditional relationships and female pleasure, framing the film as a 'fable about consent, sex, power and feminism' while encouraging acceptance of 'shameful' parts of oneself and addressing the 'orgasm gap.' Themes of power imbalances, consent, and performative roles in sex and life stay presented as personal exploration rather than systemic critique or identity politics, keeping the progressive messaging contained and preventing it from overwhelming the erotic thriller premise.