一派是马克思主义女权主义者，他们将自己与社会主义女权主义者区分开来，因为他们更紧密地追随马克思、恩格斯和列宁的着作，并将他们的分析集中在女性在资本主义经济中受的剥削。另一派是那些关注如何通过育儿实践创造性别认同的人。他们专注于心理过程，受弗洛伊德的影响。,他们也被称为精神分析女权主义者。但所有人都使用女权主义这个词。
One is Marxist feminists, who distinguish themselves from socialist feminists because they follow more closely the work of Marx, Engels and Lenin and focus their analysis on the exploitation of women in the capitalist economy. The other is those who focus on how to create gender identity through child-rearing practices. They focus on psychological processes, influenced by Freud. They are also known as psychoanalytic feminists.