Cherchez La Femme

 is a female character perk in Fallout: New Vegas.

Effects
This perk gives females an additional +10% damage bonus on other female targets, and more dialogue options with certain female characters.

Unique dialogue options

 * You can convince the Omerta receptionist in Gomorrah to talk about the Family during the fourth part of the quest The House Always Wins.
 * You can flirt with Corporal Betsy in Camp McCarran if you also have high Charisma.
 * You can sleep with the prostitute Joana for free in Gomorrah.
 * You can ask Sweetie to give you the key to Saint James' room for free.
 * You can respond to Rose of Sharon Cassidy's comment about not liking "soft men" by saying that they're rarely a problem for you. Cass will respond by nervously saying that when she's drunk, she doesn't care who she shares a bed with.
 * You can calm Christine down more easily in the Dead Money add-on and ask about her past.

Behind the scenes
"Cherchez La Femme" is a French idiom which translates literally as "search for the woman" and can be understood best as meaning when a man has a problem, there is surely a woman at the source.

Bugs

 * If the player takes this perk, the weapon damage displayed in the Pip-Boy will increase by 10%, but when you actually use weapons on targets, damage output will only increase against females.