Question

Read this excerpt from A Room of one's Own by Virginia Woolf:

Let us suppose that a father from the highest motives did
not wish his daughter to leave home and become writer,
painter or scholar.... [T]here was an enormous body of
masculine opinion to the effect that nothing could be
expected of women intellectually. Even if her father did not
read out loud these opinions, any girl could read them for
herself; and the reading, even in the nineteenth century,
must have lowered her vitality, and told profoundly upon
her work.
Which sentence best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?

A. Women have contributed to the body of opinion about their role in
society.

B. Women have been held back by men's view of what they can do.

c. Women have been held back by their desire not to leave theit
parents' home.
D. Women have contributed to their parents desire to protect them

Answer 1

B

Explanation: edg

Answer 2

Answer:
B. Women have been held back by men’s view of what they can do.

Step-by-step explanation:

Unfortunately, at the beginning of the 20th century, when the book was written, society still was very unequal and men didn’t believe in women’s independence. Fathers didn’t have high hopes and expectations for their daughters: instead of wanting them to study, have money of their own and a career, they preferred them to stay at home with their families until they met someone and got married. This why the society was strongly patriarchal. Power was given to men in most areas of life and women were given the role of homemakers.