We all live in Stepford

I've just put down 'Stepford Wives' book and feeling too lazy to get up from the couch (long weekend yey!) leafed through 'Tesco magazine'. How to create a perfect bedroom. Hmm, isn't bedroom just a room with a bed where you crash after staying up net-surfing/partying for too long? Four easy steps to astonishingly clean house. Thanks, as long as mine is not astonishingly dirty I have better things to do on my days off than vacuuming curtains and polishing stainless steel with baby oil. Thirty-odd pages of easy cooking recipes... Whoa. Leafing back. Not a word about the importance of social life, no '20 tips how to combine full time job and full time studying', as to books - go for 'quick reads' what are these like, edited versions...? After a quick research on a magazine shelf the day after the conclusion is sad - women are still supposed to polish the house, take care of the kids, cook and smile and the less they think the better. Housework is hardly thought inspiring after all. Maybe a simple crossword puzzle at the end of the day or a quick read book. And hey, I realise that a real world is a bit more complicated than the picture combined from headlines on 'Good Housekeeping' cover, but the magazines are aimed at someone and someones must buy them and read them and want more of this perfect housewife stuff. Is it just the effect of the book I read or is it real and slightly worrying that we all live in Stepford...?