Mostly the latter but both.

I cannot stand Victorian concepts of "romance" in relationships between men and women. It places an unnecessarily large burden on a man to appease the fleeting fancies of a woman for no good reason. (The fickleness of most women has been so encouraged to the point where women cannot figure out what they want at all anymore. This was intentional, IMO, since men trying to please women has always been a thing and likely always will be, but if the goal posts keep changing, then men will eventually give up, as we are seeing now.)

Austin writes exceptionally well, but, I can't say that anything good comes from reading her works except for a possible love of witticism. 🤷‍♂️