swiss family structure

Switzerland, while being very progressive in terms of conservation, politics, etc, is actually significantly behind the rest of the "developed" world in terms of gender equity. Women here were among some of the last to gain the right to vote or to put it into practice, and sexism is still very rampant in the society. Societal structures, for example a break in the school day for children to return home for lunch, further work against women by requiring them to be at home monday-friday. One way I have seen this is through family dynamics. The mother in my host family works, as do her two daughters, while the father remains home due to extreme medical circumstances. The mother cooks three meals a day for her family, cleans, grocery shops, and does everyone's laundry, despite being a full time hospital worker. Having this mother cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as require that I hand my laundry over to her makes me feel extremely awkward- she is so kind and giving, but to the point where she does our work for us. Her daughters never wash their own clothes despite being teachers and 24 and 26 years old, and they don't know how to cook. Because mother has always prepared the meals, their father told me, neither of the girls have ever learned to prepare food for themselves! This seems so strange to me, this traditional family setting, especially because my mom always encouraged independence so strongly.