Read the excerpt from A Man's World.
FRITZ—Oh—but de talk—de talk—I can't stand it for you. When you go out like dis people don't believe it is for your work. They say you have a lover—they say he writes your books. FRANK—That's very flattering. It means that they think they are too good for a woman to do.

Which best describes why this excerpt is ironic?

Frank should be insulted that people say that a man writes her books, but she actually views it as a compliment.

Fritz feels that Frank should not go out alone, but Frank does not seem to care what other people think.

Frank actually has a man who writes her books, but she denies this fact because she does not want people to know.

Fritz warns Frank that people will question why she is going out alone at night, but it is actually Fritz himself who does not want her to go.

The statement that best describes the irony in the excerpt is the first one "Frank should be insulted that people say that a man writes her books, but she actually views it as a compliment."

Explanation:

Irony generally is used to amuse or cause an emphatic effect, depicting something that happens in the opposite way that is expected.

In this case, it all comes to which perspective is the situation considered from; since it might be prone to promote stereotypes, but if she wanted to assess its impact regarding its quality and how well perceived it was, then it has a different outcome.