This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the ATEG list at MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU. For what little it's worth, my gut response as an English native-speaker is to prefer "masculine" here; it sounds technical and descriptive, as in masculine and feminine genders. "Male," as in "acting like a male," sounds more macho to me in this context. Ted Johnson Chicago