Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'"This wise man put me to bed and applied the rest cure, to which a still-good physique responded so promptly that he concluded there was nothing much the matter with me, and sent me home with solemn advice to “live as domestic a life as far as possible,” to “have but two hours’ intellectual life a day,” and “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again” as long as I lived.What social attitude of Gilman’s era does this excerpt best demonstrate?
Answer
A
Women who were not married were considered dangerous.
B
Women were not allowed to vote in local or national elections.
C
Women were not supposed to exert themselves much physically.
D
Women were not considered suited to work outside the home.