"Female Masculinity"

In her article, "Female Masculinity," Judith Halberstam urges her readers that masculinity is not exclusively the property of men. She writes, "...Masculinity must not and cannot and should not reduce down to the male body and its effects"(p. 936). Though she has trouble defining the word "masculinity" she seems to refer to qualities of "heroism" (as per her example of James Bond), assertiveness, and other qualities than many societies define as "male" attributes. Halberstam continuously reminds readers that women, too, can and do possess and exercise the very same masculinity that men do. However, the term "masculinity" is and will probably always connote "maleness". Therefore, if Halberstam's goal is to prove that women can and should exercise the various qualities mentioned above, would she not be better off naming these exact traits instead of promoting the idealization of masculinity, and by default maleness? Does not naming these admirable qualities "masculinity" further the notion that maleness is the ultimate ideal?