section c considers the link between economics and gender equality and the contributions of feminist thought in that connection section d reflects on the heterodox perspective and its challenges to economics and the role of the state the different expressions of feminism all retain certain fundamental ideas at their core based on the concept of the sexgender system as an analytical framework feminism has redefined the concepts of sexuality and its links with politics and legislation pushing the frontiers of analysis of democracy and the role of the state towards the private sphere