A great article. Obviously, as a scholar of film history, I find this subject fascinating. I've written about "transgressive women" as portrayed under the US production code here, if you're interested.

Transgressive Female Characters During the Hays Code Era | Cinemania (medium.com)

Regarding Poor Things, I was a bit torn. I enjoyed it a lot more than Nymphomaniac though, which I just found repetitive and dull.