Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Rip, in fact, was no politician; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him; but there was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was – petticoat government.

What is being compared in the passage?

A. tyranny to a democracy
B. the American government to the British government
C. Rip Van Winkle to a politician
D. Rip Van Winkle’s wife to the government