Gender re-assignment! 
Right, think I'm going to stop using the terms male/female to denote the end types of IEC connections from now one due to the ambiguities (and devise my own system
)... Looks like "inlet/outlet" and "chasis/non-chasis" are the better descriptors?
So, if the connector is permanently attached to the case of a piece of kit, then it's a "chasis" connector, and if it's on the end of a length of flex it's "non-chasis"... erm, but to avoid the use of socket/plug I think "connector" is better (rather than non-chasis
)?
So...
...on the upper left hand side we have a "chasis inlet connector" and on the right is a "chasis outlet connector". The connector on the right was the picture I had in my head when WM mentioned female IEC originally.
this...
...is an "outlet connector"...
and this...
...is an "inlet connector" - even though this is a product picture from Russ Andrews's website, and they call it a "Male IEC plug" (according my old terminology).
I think we all had the correct mental pictures in our own heads, but the terminology we were all using was different.
Neutrik power connectors... Ah yes, they use those on PS Audio power conditioners (and a few others too...)
