Title: suburbia - 1950's
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Content: The wives would stay at home, in the suburbs, tending to the house, shopping for goods and taking care of the family. In fact, a lot of the roles that were commonly seen as either a woman’s role of a man’s role were switched. The wife would fix up the house and decorate it while the husband would go shopping and attend PTA meetings. The wife would also keep track of the family’s bills. Another big thing was competition. Neighbors loved to compete with each other on housekeeping. If someone had a nice lawn then others had to have a nice lawn as well. There was even a book written about suburban life called The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit written by Sloan Wilson that showed the negative side about living in the suburbs. In addition to this sense of feeling like everyone has to belong, there was also a sense of conformity. A feeling of sameness and that everyone should be alike and fit in, rather than be different and upset things.