Is this a male or female?

Would you say this is the beginning of pistils or balls?

Excuse the poor quality of the image. The flash ruined the shot and I had to dim it way down in order to be seen.

Too early, look for the white crystally hair under a magnifying glass if you see ball clusters its a male.

Yup, too soon.

its female.

dude thats just new growth, those are the branches forming which is where the bud sites will be, these branches shoot out from where the fan leaves are, and those long green hair looking things are on both male and female

It looks like new growth to me.