The film adheres to the heteronormative social structures of its mid-20th-century rural setting. There are no depictions of queer narratives or non-cisnormative identities.

The narrative centers on the female experience and the heavy burden of womanhood. Ditte maintains agency while navigating the exhausting, unrewarded nature of female labor and motherhood.

Set in 1940s rural Denmark, the film depicts a homogeneous population. It does not utilize non-white casting to challenge the period's demographic reality.

The film critiques socioeconomic structures and the exploitation within traditional institutions. It specifically challenges the moral rigidity surrounding the status of illegitimate children.

No characters are defined by specific physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The film instead captures the physical toll of malnutrition and exhaustion caused by systemic poverty.