Most people within the Culture will spend a 12 months or two as the other sex at some point of their lives, just to see what it's like. The original Brahma was a lesbian whose delivery title was Madaleine; she chose to get transferred into a supremely masculine bodynote it is likely that Zelazny did not see the Unfortunate Implications on this time and again, but still had a nagging worry of not being man enough to draw ladies.