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These controversies are supported by the layout of communities due to the growth of urbanism. With the increase in individual homes, women's tasks were moved from communal villages, to personal home life. Researchers discovered that the structure of suburbs continued to benefit the role of men as dominant providers and further encumber women from branching out from their traditional roles. Because housing was spaced further apart, women suffered from isolation of their community and therefore had no further way to participate within the family than their roles as caretaker. Along with this, there was a development of the domestic economy. When this concept was emerged, it placed importance on the "professional home management" and its efficiency, ultimately put pressure onto women to continue their traditional gender roles.

References:

Wekerle, G. (1980). Women in the Urban Environment. Signs, 5(3), S188-S214.

Rothschild, Joan. "Design and feminism." Rutgers: The State University Press, New Jersey (1999).