In the last centuries, and specially in recent decades in our country, the conception of femininity has experienced significant changes translated in a myriad of models, supported by or reflected in political, scientific, educational and, most recently, media speeches. This paper presents an outline of models of woman and femininity that have prevailed over the past centuries, and the changes in those models, considering them within political, social and educational frameworks. Subsequently, we analyze the main existing forms of understanding femininity. Finally, the implications of those changes are discussed in relation to the construction of women’s identity nowadays.