Question

excerpt from \a room of ones own,\ virginia woolf
background this excerpt is from virginia woolfs extended essay \a room of ones own,\ published in 1929. woolf explores the challenges women have historically faced in achieving intellectual and creative freedom, particularly in the literary world. she argues that women have been denied the same opportunities as men, largely due to their lack of financial independence and societal constraints. woolf uses this essay to advocate for womens rights to education, financial stability and personal space, all of which are essential for creative expression and the production of great literature.
nobody could put the point more plainly. \the poor poet has not in these days, nor has had for two hundred years, a dogs chance. a poor child in england has little more hope than had the son of an athenian slave to be emancipated into that intellectual freedom.\
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which comparison in the excerpt highlights the intellectual limits women faced?
\women, then, have not had a dogs chance of writing poetry.\
\the poor poet has not in these days, nor has had for two hundred years, a dogs chance.\
\women have had less intellectual freedom than the sons of athenian slaves.\
\a poor child in england has little more hope than had the son of an athenian slave to be emancipated into that intellectual freedom.\

Explanation:

The comparison of women having less intellectual freedom than the sons of Athenian slaves emphasizes women's intellectual limits.

Answer:

C. "Women have had less intellectual freedom than the sons of Athenian slaves"