ABSTRACT
The sexual division of labor has been configured as a mechanism for structuring the productive system and the family on which gender roles and stereotypes have historically been based. With the incorporation of women into the labor market, important socioeconomic changes have taken place, and new forms of family have appeared. This evolution has not been accompanied by an equal distribution of domestic work between genders but has become a double work requirement for women. Thus, women have continued to be the main breadwinners and, at the same time, have competed with men in the labor market. The appropriate design and implementation of public policies aimed at reconciling the work and family life of men and women are necessary for society to progress in terms of equality and quality of life. It is necessary to promote co-responsibility for care in the social sphere and not only in the private sphere, which requires the participation of families, public administrations, and the economic and cultural spheres. This development will only be possible through the collaboration of different disciplines, such as economics, sociology, or history.
