After listening to the actual interview on the podcast, her comments taken IN context don’t sound quite as bad although there are obviously some negative aspects.
It was just a segment of a much longer interview where Barbara was telling her “story”.
As I suggested at the start, the quotes look much worse when they have been selectively reported elsewhere in various newspapers.
Basically, she’s just reminiscing about how times have changed. She might have chosen her words more wisely but there’s probably much less harm intended than it first appears