How Did the Protestant Reformation Affect European Women's Lives in the Sixteenth

How did the Protestant Reformation affect European women's lives in the sixteenth century?

A) Women gained new economic opportunities as old Catholic ideas restricting them to domestic duties were overturned.
B) In Protestant areas of Europe, most female religious orders closed, confining women to wifehood and motherhood and denying them access to education and status.
C) The Protestant Puritan religion swept over many Western European societies and placed greater restrictions on sexual intimacy in marriage.
D) Most Protestant churches accorded women a greater religious and political equality, ending the patriarchal family in Protestant areas.