This excerpt is talking a lot about the difference between men and women so you can eliminate A and C. B is the most logical answer here because the author doesn't want to destroy society she wants to better it and throwing off their feminine qualities is not the right answer. So, here B is the best answer.
Noun plural:
A representation or image especially sculptured as a monument!
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The semicolon can be placed after swimmer, that way the sentence is not fully finished but rather gives it a break
