This is a chronological sequence. Chronological usually lists a series of events in order, starting from the earliest to the most recent.
Don't set your dirty clothes in the washing machine!
The author placed such excerpt in order for him/her to describe a clearer picture on the metaphor that he is describing, on how man and woman are confined by the actions that they do in order to be distinguished as such in society.
The author was probably emphasizing these gender-roles assigned to people in society that at times can become suffocating and that people should be liberated from them.
