Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Never ignites

The first time we see Marianne she's in a rowboat approaching land. One of her parcels falls into water. None of the men in the boat lifts an oar to help her. She jumps into the water to retrieve it.

Men!

We next see her on land carrying armloads of possessions at the bottom of a steep hill. A man informs her that her destination is at the top of the hill, then leaves her to fend for herself.

Men!

Later, a young servant in the home where Marianne is staying becomes pregnant. The man involved is nowhere to be seen.

Men!

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is about the relationship between Marianne, a painter, and Heloise, the woman whose wedding portrait she's commissioned to paint. It's 1770 in Brittany and Heloise is being forced to marry the Milanese man her sister escaped by committing suicide. So, the movie is about women who love women.

 Fine.

Critics gave the movie a surfeit of stars and it was very beautifully filmed. But MS was annoyed. Why were men portrayed as swine? Can't women just prefer women? Say what you will about men but consider this. When did a woman ever volunteer to shovel your walk after a snowstorm? This movie lost MS in  the first scene.