Addressing root issues, such as women's likes and dislikes and basic nature, it calls into question how "woman" was formed through culture. In another sense, it stresses moving beyond traditional barriers and models of behavior for the sexes, and attempts to play roles not identified with any one sex in particular.
而後現代女性主義則頑皮地鬆動女人對「女人」的認同，從很根本的問題，如女人的喜好、特質等方面去懷疑「女人」是如何透過文化構成的；另一方面，它強調跨越傳統的性別界限、打破性別規範，去從事多重性別角色的扮演。