The paper is an attempt to highlight the significance of gender in reflections on the crisis, whose outcome, though mainly regarding the sphere of economic activity, in the perspective adopted in this paper goes beyond the domain of economics in a narrow sense. Reflections on the effects of the crisis makes one consider women's condition in three spheres: production, reproduction and consumption. This enables to show both problems they encounter outside their homes and specific opportunities which arise for women in the age of so-called crisis.