My friend is a similar age to me (early 30s) and has been living with her boyfriend for a couple of years.
Recently though (last 6 months or so) she has been posting on facebook and talking about stuff like 1950s housewife manuals and books where it seems like the woman does all the domestic stuff and the men rule the roost.
I mean she has always been into crafts and home related stuff but the gender role stuff seems to have really picked up.
For example she was telling me about a 1950s housewife group she has joined and about the books she is reading. But she is stressing and anxious about all the housekeeping stuff and saying that she isn't getting enough done. They both work shifts and she is studying too so I tried to say that it isn't going to be perfectly clean as there aren't enough hours in the day.
But when I was round there the other day she had been at work from 6am and then was running about tidying up before her boyfriend got home. Saying that the washing up needed to be done before he got back.
I know it is her life and her relationship but I feel a bit worried. Maybe I am stepping over the line but it seems wrong to me that she spends all her time off doing cleaning and then beats herself up that it isn't good enough.