Just be aware that Mandarin has different pronouns (characters) for male and female, as with other European languages(Spanish, French, Italian etc), so it might

Just be aware that Mandarin has different pronouns (characters) for male and female, as with other European languages(Spanish, French, Italian etc), so it might just be a case of the teacher simply thinking and hence translating in that language, rather than some sort of bias (inasmuch as the bias is inherent in the language).