As the structure of families and communities changes, the old intimate relations where one would raise the young and care for the old amid the sounds of cocks crowing and dogs barking have been replaced by cold impersonal relations in the urban sea of concrete buildings. As a result, many women have been confined to live lonely lives in their communities.
當家庭結構與社區的組成改變，以往扶老攜幼、雞犬相聞的親密鄰里關係，被櫛比鱗次的高層公寓，和疏離冷漠的人際關係取代，許多婦女因此被拘禁、孤立在社區。