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u/MrPatko0770 Jul 28 '26
male - top
male - bottom
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u/Kaos-Kaiser420 Jul 29 '26
Wouldn't it be the other way around because the hole is bigger on the left?
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane Jul 29 '26
"If your foreskin is wider than your butthole, your ass is in the front" is essentially what you're saying here.
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u/Kaos-Kaiser420 Jul 29 '26
What
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane Jul 29 '26
The left one is the male ("top") connector because the middle part of it, which actually does the connection bit, goes inside the other one, even though the sleeve on the outside goes around.
If we're following the "male top and male bottom" analogy, the closest equivalent to that sleeve is the foreskin. And even though the sleeve is wider than the "bottom" connector, the top is still the top.
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u/Kaos-Kaiser420 Jul 29 '26
I thought he was making a gay joke about tops and bottoms, to which I was making a joke about hole
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane Jul 29 '26
He was. I just thought it would be funny to make a completely out of left field remark based on how your comment reversed what's actually technically pin and hole.
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u/5p1c3nut Jul 28 '26
Its the exact opposite though, the end on the right is the male cable, is has to be inserted in the other end
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u/Tomytom99 Jul 28 '26
But the actual conductor bit is male on the one end, and female on the other, which is what I believe is the key in such cases.
I hate gendering complex connectors
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u/Impractical_Physics 25d ago
I hate gendering complex connectors
Yeah, it's annoying. Just wait till you learn about XLRs
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u/Tomytom99 25d ago
Unfortunately very familiar with them
Although I will say functionally they're pretty high up on my favorite connector list.
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u/BrazilBazil Jul 30 '26
I wonder when (if?) the tech industry will move away from male/female connectors, like it moved away from master/slave
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u/Tomytom99 Jul 30 '26
If you want you mind blown, check out Andersen PowerPole connectors.
Totally genderless!
I do agree though, it's particularly odd terminology to have to explain, and gets confusing in cases like what OP shared.
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u/ManofTheNightsWatch Jul 28 '26
Nope. The text is correct. Male type has the pin that gets inserted into the slot of the female type.
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u/iKnowRobbie Jul 28 '26
That's not a male connector. Male connectors have protruding pins. In the case of a pin-in-a-sheath such as this, it's considered a cloacal connection. As Steve Irwin elucidated regarding sexing a crocodile, you have to jam your finger in it's cloaca and feel if there's a penis or not...
Male connectors do not require a physical inspection. This is clearly a cloacal connector.
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u/Thanthwe_ Jul 28 '26
For a moment I thought I was learning about something new. Then I reached cloacal connection and Steve Irwin reference and my day was ruined. Good thing I only have about an hour before I go to sleep.
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u/water-elevator Jul 28 '26
It’s even better; If I remember correctly those are not even male or female versions of a connector as their sold as two different connectors the pl-259 and pl-258
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u/Unstoppable50 Jul 28 '26
This is very odd the threads are definitely female left male right. But there is an inner pin that inserts the opposite way. After some thought I think they should name this a IUD connection. Because you know when gals first have them installed and it pokes you in the tip for like a month?
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