Since you asked, gender -- like ethnicity -- is largely a fictitious social construct. Sex (male or female) is observable but gender refers to masculine or feminine rolls played in society. My source on that is a sociology professor. You could source it through Henslin's Invitation to Sociology if you want to cross-reference this. I say that because many disagree and refuse to be disabused of this whole "gender" vs. "sex" dichotomy.
So, you could call anything a "he" or a "she" but not necessarily "male" or "female". Though you have male and female ends of adapters. So, you might look at it that way....
Probably, to put it in the 1980's vernacular of a squealy boy or girl, "that was a little more information than you needed". But, you asked, I have a relevant opinion and there it is.
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