moreover the study showed a statistically significant decrease in time dedicated to paid work of per cent on average in the case of men and per cent in the case of women espejo as quoted by eclac they should explicitly recognize the role that women play as caregivers without reinforcing patterns of discrimination or negative stereotypes art this is problematic as the failure to understand intrafamily allocation processes may result in the nonadoption of beneficial policies in policies having unintended consequences and in the loss of policy handle