Question

this may be true or it may be false—who can say?—but what is true in it, so it seemed to me, reviewing the story of shakespeare’s sister as i had made it, is that any woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at.
—a room of one’s own,
virginia woolf
what is the author’s perspective on the topic?
women and men were treated equally.
women were unfairly discriminated against.
women were given many opportunities.

Explanation:

The text from Virginia Woolf describes that a woman with a great gift in the 16th century would face negative outcomes like going crazy, self - harm, or being isolated and mocked. This shows that women were not given fair treatment or opportunities, and were discriminated against. The other options are incorrect: "Women and men were treated equally" goes against the described situation, and "Women were given many opportunities" is also contrary to the text's implication.

Answer:

Women were unfairly discriminated against.