Introduction:
In the context of remote work/classes in universities during the pandemic, the sexual division of workload intensified the “care crisis” experienced by women-professors, perpetuating mechanisms of exploitation.

Objective:
To give insight into the care crisis experienced by women university professors during the pandemic from a gender perspective.

Methods:
The following study consists of both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 642 active professors at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, carried out from May to April 2021, and conducted by the Association of Teachers of the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Adufes). Thus, the data was analyzed from a gender perspective juxtaposed with the concept of differences and sought to question the work overload experienced by women-professors.

Results:
The work overload women-professors face relates to a sexual disparity in labor, which imposes on women jobs reproduction labor in household settings, carried out unpaid, devalued and unacknowledged. The idea that social norms are designated by biological sex has led to an overwhelming amount of work for women-professors whom, during the pandemic, had a regular workload of more than 8 hours. This care crisis has denied many women the right to self-protection, making them much more vulnerable in the context of the pandemic.

Conclusion:
It is necessary to carry out an analysis considering the different intersections that cross the experience of women-professors from a perspective of differences, revealing the work overload experienced by women. Therefore, the public sphere - production/wage labor - and the private sphere - reproduction/unpaid labor are valued differently. Thus, to acquire equality, it is necessary to welcome the difference between men and women, between women and between the subject woman and her condition in society as a woman.