ABSTRACT
Through the introduction of modem consumer goods and manufacturing processes which change economic and social strategies, development has altered the traditional role women play in production and the control they have had over the labor of their daughters. Diminishing female control in the productive arena correlates with increased dependence on men as the primary breadwinner. One clear indication of this trend is the growing emphasis on female seclusion, particularly among upwardly mobile families. Another notable change which might harken a diminishing female status is the availability of consumer goods and services which means men can dispense with wives for some important services. Little by little, women are becoming important as symbols of affluence whose consumption activities and productive seclusion visibly express the conspicuous and independent success of their husbands.
