The article is a reflection on the nature of femaleness as it is expressed through language. The text does not, of course, pretend to be a detailed appreciation of this object but rather an attempt to bring to light the cognitive gaps and impasses created and sustained within the realm of signification by that which we recognize as femaleness, or femininity. Femaleness is thus approached as a controversial episode of signification, which can be used to explore the domains, problems, and limits of language.