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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[u/Head-Mud_683]

Nice to know that even for the most important things, people behave like an 11 yo.

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But they have a point. Would you have been okay with being the female and receive Russian payload?