The Liberation of France has been seen as both a national triumph and a period of civil conflict. However, historical narratives often focus on male resisters and collaborators, neglecting the gendered dimensions of violence, particularly against women. During the Liberation, head shaving and public humiliation were widely used against suspected female collaborators—the femmes tondues—as acts of punishment and exclusion. This chapter examines whether such violence can be understood as civil war violence, using women’s bodies to reinforce national divisions. Drawing on Resistance press articles and judicial records, it analyses the experiences of female victims and the motivations of male perpetrators. By challenging the masculinized framework of fratricidal conflict, this study explores how violence against women shaped the postwar order and whether it strengthens the argument for redefining Liberation France as a civil war.