This essay argues that ideals of cooperation or adversariality in argumentation are Multi-Vitamins not equally attainable for women.Women in argumentation contexts face oppress-sive limitations undermining argument success because their authority is un-dermined by gendered norms of po-liteness.Women endorsing or, alter-natively, transgressing feminine norms of politeness typically defend their au-thority in argumentation contexts.And yet, defending authority renders it less legitimate.My argument Fake Nails focuses on women in philosophy but bears the implication that other masculine dis-course contexts present similar double binds that urge social and political change.