Male to male XLR question

@djones51 You are 100% correct. Thank you for that last bit of description about the AES/EBU input. It made my brain see the difference. 
Cheers! 

I am shocked, shocked, at the patriarchal oppression of these poor defenseless cables being forced into heteronormative binary categories of male and female gender without even once considering the cables own gender preference. Someone call the PC police at once. I would do it myself but am so traumatized I need to decompress in a safe space for at least a week.

+1 Millercarbon

"Male to male XLR question" 
Somehow this sounds like a pretty gay question, eh? 🤗 💓
Not sure its the right forum for this, no? 🤭🤔
Michélle 🇿🇦