Under colonial rule, women
a. were subjected to forced marriages.
b. experienced increasing rates of clitoridectomy.
c. were denied access to education.
d. lost freedoms and government power they once due to Victorian notions of gender roles.
e. gained new freedoms and power due to Victorian notions of gender roles.
d
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