I would have to agree with a lot of the posters here and say that it's more about personality and compatibility rather than gender. All of the Ts and PDocs I ever had were female because I thought I would be too scared to talk to a man. But when I was forced to see a male PDoc in college, I found him to be the most considerate and helpful professional I had ever met. I opened up to him more than I did with my female T. I think there is a difference in style between a male and female T but I don't think that one is better than the other. It's up to the individual as to what will satisfy their needs.