“She stood at the stage door; she wanted to act, she said. Men laughed in her face. The manager—a fat, loose-lipped man—guffawed. He bellowed something about poodles dancing and women acting—no woman, he said, could possibly be an actress.”—What comparison was Virginia Woolf making here, based on the time period in which she lived? A. She was showing how men treated women terribly from one era to the next. B. Women have been ridiculed in every time period. C. She was comparing male and female acting roles in the Victorian Era. D. Women during Shakespeare’s time period had

In this excerpt, Virginia Woolf is telling us about how women in Shakespeare's time were treated. She describes a woman who wants to act in the theatre, but the theatre manager does not accept it. He believes that the idea of a woman acting is ridiculous, and he promises that women will never work in the theatre. The excerpt is meant to illustrate how, despite the fact that women's roles have changed, what remains the same is the fact that women have been ridiculed in every time period when they have wanted to change something.