Which of the Following Is One Reason That Women Were

Which of the following is one reason that women were discouraged from pursuing higher education in decades and centuries past?

A) Prominent doctors and professors at the time argued that women's reproductive organs prevented them from developing as much intellectual capacity.
B) Women had no interest in pursuing higher education at this time.
C) Women typically did not have high enough test scores to apply to college.
D) Nearly all higher institutions explicitly barred women from applying.