Genetics
Each league will have their own way of setting teams up. Usually teams form on their own. Some leagues have rules requiring a minimum of a male and female on a team, for mixed leagues.
MAYBE SHE NOW HAS "ROOM" FOR THE NOTICEBALY OLDER MALE?
The pine cones that you are familiar with are probably female pine cones. You probably have never noticed male pine cones because they are much smaller and don't look much like the female pine cones. Male pine cones are much smaller and produce pollen grains. Female pine cones contain the egg. The pollen is carried from the male pine cones to the female pine cones by the wind.
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sexuality is not binary (male/female) it is a wide continuous spectrum from male (psyche) with male parts (anatomy) over male with female parts to female with male parts and female with female parts and even male & female psyches with male and female anatomy!
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Bulbasaur Male: Lonely Female: Docile Charmander Male: Docile Female: Brave Squirtle Male: Quirky Female: Bold Pikachu Male: Brave Female: Hasty Meowth Male: Sassy Female: Relaxed Chikorita Male: Calm Female: Quiet Cyndaquil Male: Timid Female: Calm Totodile Male: Jolly Female: Sassy Treecko Male: Quiet Female: Hardy Torchic Male: Hasty Female: Rash Mudkip Male: Rash Female: Lonely Skitty Male: Hasty Female: Naive Turtwig Male: Bold Female: Timid Chimchar Male: Naive Female: Impish Piplup Male: Impish Female: Quirky Munchlax Male: Relaxed Female: Jolly
Male writers are male, and female writers are female.
All bulls are male. Cows are female, mostly.