What Caused the Change in the Role of Women in the Vedic

What caused the change in the role of women in the Vedic Era around 1000 B.C.E.?

A) Limits were placed on the types of occupations in which women could engage.
B) Originally nomads, the people of this era had become settled farmers.
C) Since men could now have four wives, each woman had less status in the home.
D) Female deities were eliminated, which affected women's image in society.
E) Women's role and responsibility was left entirely up the elders of each village.