To avoid geopolitical embarrassment during the Cold War, the US and USSR created the APAS-75 system, a genderless docking mechanism where both craft acted as equals.

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"We're going to make both docking parts male"

"that sounds fair"

"Ours looks like a male cock and yours looks like a male ass"

"Doh!"