I suspect a deity would not care what gender someone was. That's only there to ensure a mix of genes when creating physical bodies in the physical world.
Religions make their own rules. I can't see why each would want to "respect" one gender more than another but each to their own beliefs. I think you'd need to discuss one particular religion at a time.
Andy, if you class Paganism as a Religion then you are wrong about male dominance. In all Pagan religions male and females are equal and a wicca coven needs equal men and women. Think of a electric appliance - it needs a socket and a plug or it won't work ;-)
But these religious ramblings on AB get on my ruddy wick...there have loads of them recently, all appallingly worded and punctuated, to an extent that the meaning of the question is lost !