No. 13 (2018): Women breaking the sexual division of work spaces

We are aware of the persistence of both horizontal and vertical discrimination, that behind the numerical growth in some professions -the most visible- old and new forms of discrimination are hidden that make it difficult for women to appropriate and make their own, spaces designed by the men to be occupied by them. However, we also seek to focus on the achievements, to highlight those advances of women in the world of work that questioned the traditional sexual division of labor. In short, recognizing the scope of these changes, but knowing that accounting for the trends of change implies recognizing, at the same time, the discriminations that remain.

The gaps that are opening up in the traditional sexual division of labor are the subject of this monograph called "Women Breaking the Sexual Division of Labor Spaces", but it also includes -how could it be otherwise- some advances that can be only apparent and the persistent patriarchal resistance to these changes. All the contributions open up new questions that, without a doubt, will enrich the debates committed to clarifying what work is.

Coords.: Pilar Ballarín Domingo and Elena Aguado Cabezas

Number of articles received: 52.

Number of accepted articles: 22.