This dissertation performs a reading of the concept of femininity in Freudian theory in the light of a feminist perspective. We understand that this concept – considering its complexity and relation with the theoretic body of psychoanalysis – carries important aspects of Freudian thought on women. This incursion is done taking into account innovative as well as conservative aspects of that theory. We investigate such constructs through a discussion between psychoanalysis and feminism, whose aim is to question the misogyny present in that field of knowledge and to open space for a perspective oriented by feminist epistemology. Initially, we analyze how psychoanalysis has placed itself with regards to feminist policies of its time, the breaches and convergencies of psychoanalysis in relation to its historical and cultural context of origin. Additionally, we present the hallmarks of the history of the oppression of women since its rise in the 19th century, and its influence in the production of knowledge. We start from the notion that to think about the place and time of the development of a science, as well as its multiple interpretations, is what allows a more rigorous critical analysis. After this historic contextualization, we deepen the conceptual discussion by mobilizing studies on hysteria and Freudian writings on culture and sexuality – important antecedents to the construction of the concept of femininity. Lastly, we present the notion of femininity in feminist theory, placing women as subjects of this discussion, and introducing patriarchy as a political component that needs to be accounted for in the debate regarding feminine subjectivity.