Olympe de Gouges's criticism exposed which limitation of the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen?

Correct answer: Women's equal citizenship was not clear in its language

The governing concept is the limited scope of supposedly universal rights. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen used broad language about liberty and equality, but its political meaning was largely applied to men. Olympe de Gouges exposed this contradiction by writing a parallel declaration for women and female citizens, asking why women should be excluded from the same rights and duties. Option A is correct because it identifies the failure to make women’s equal citizenship explicit and effective. Options B, C and D focus on monarchy, taxation or prices, none of which explains her central criticism of gender exclusion in the declaration.