Don

Part of the challenge is that translations and commentary use the term man in 2 senses, inclusive for humans and exclusive for males.

Gender is a type of human, however if there is no gender, there is just human.

I do not say that there was female as a part of Adam before the split, the side was formed into a female after the split. But there was no concept of a male or female human before the split, it is not that Adam was both sexes, Adam was non-gendered, there being only 1 human. The terms male and female are only used after the split, that is my point, and trying to have those terms apply before that is not warranted by Scripture, it simply does not say that.

One might think that if one thinks all creation is instantaneous, but that is not true, some things are said in the Bible to be created by God but the creation takes place over time.