There was no evidence of a masculine presence anywhere in the house.

In other words, she writes, it is not the masculine presence that is the problem but its absence.

She was drawn to his large, very masculine presence.

Scarcely a day went by when she hadn't been made aware of his arrogant, masculine presence.

He seemed to fill the whole shower with his big masculine presence.

Definitely no sign of a masculine presence, criminal or otherwise.

Why Angela was sitting across from him right now, half naked yet totally oblivious to his masculine presence.

The book sees that masculine presence as a lifelong part of her identity, and perhaps the most important part.

And what does that masculine presence mean for children?

Inexplicably, I found myself painfully aware of him as a masculine presence.