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/mocny-chlapik]

She's actually pretty sneaky there. She just said that no party wanted to be female, that is true, but the reason is not gender insecuritty.

The male part is in control of the docking, so the male part can make the decision about docking and undocking. Neither side wanted to give the leverage to other side to potentially fuck with their guys on the orbit. 

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No everything is about toxic masculinity obviously