As for its theoretical framework, the book takes notable French feminists (such as Helene Cixous and Julia Kristeva) and deconstruction as its main threads with particular emphasis on psychoanalysis, language, and philosophy.
就其理論架構而言，該書是以法國女性主義（如西克蘇和克莉絲緹娃）和解構主義為主幹，側重心理分析、語言和哲學思維的探討。