when i was little, we had friends who lived up in the mountains and had one of those old washing machines with the press thing to squeeze the water out of the clothes. i don't think that this work is so unpleasant, really. and what's she gonna do other than chasing the kids around, doing her hobbies and cleaning anyway. i don't get what's so undignified about it at all.
anyway i don't think this techno dystopia has much further to run. thankfully nature is going to bring and end to it one way or another.