Talk:Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07/@comment-86.2.225.184-20130417022953/@comment-177.157.24.243-20130419105809

"The translators decided to use male because they wanted to balance the female and male characters."

I don't know what is the truth about the #6 gender, but assuming you are correct I think the translator just thought it wouldn't bring any problem to translate things that way, because there is no way to balance things out in a group of 7 people.