It deals with gender inequality, located it in the context of the evaluation problem of equality within contemporary societies that, although pluralistic, adopt ethical views with some degree of homogeneity, influenced by capitalist culture and way of life. This context suggests the ethical framework of the activities producing economic value as a privileged space for the allocation of social value to individual conduct and evaluation of equality. It is proposed the possibility of expanding these spaces of ethical judgment, with emphasis on consideration of activities related to care of the home environment. This shift in focus shows that the origins of the profound material inequalities between men and women are beyond mere arbitrary discrimination motivated by gender. achieve social structures in which capitalist societies shaped the human activity, both in the market and within the family. Discusses the role that jurisprudence in a democratic order can play in the review of ethical and legal parameters, updating the meaning of the fundamental value of equality in view of the wishes and needs of individuals.
gender inequality; capitalist ethics; pluralism and democracy; jurisprudence and assessment of equality