Based on this illustration of an Enlightenment-era salon, in what way did Madame Geoffrin flout the gender norms of her day, such as those advocated by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
A) She appears as a rather passive participant in an age when most people believed women should actively engage in intellectual pursuits.
B) She is facilitating the salon, which Rousseau and others believed was an unnatural role for women.
C) Her expression and posture suggest that her views diverged widely from those of her male counterparts.
D) Her manner of dress suggests that she continued to adhere to the outdated notion that a woman's primary role was to attract male sexual desire.

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Based on this illustration of an Enlightenment-era salon, in what way did Madame Geoffrin flout the gender norms of her day, such as those advocated by Jean-Jacques Rousseau? 
A) She appears as a rather passive participant in an age when most people believed women should actively engage in intellectual pursuits. 
B) She is facilitating the salon, which Rousseau and others believed was an unnatural role for women. 
C) Her expression and posture suggest that her views diverged widely from those of her male counterparts. 
D) Her manner of dress suggests that she continued to adhere to the outdated notion that a woman's primary role was to attract male sexual desire.

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The illustration shows Madame Geoffrin facilitating a salon, which was considered an unnatural role for women in the Enlightenment era by thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Based on This Illustration of an Enlightenment-Era Salon, in What