New Speaker

So, everybody is breathlessly talking about Nancy Pelosi being a first female Speaker of the House. I have this silly question: how is the fact that she is a woman relevant to her duties as a Speaker? Maybe I am missing something. You know, having grown up in a different country and all.
In all seriousness, the fact that she is a woman is absolutely irrelevant to her position of the Speaker. What is very relevant is the fact that she is a San Francisco Leftist and does not have any understanding of the global threat we are facing. That is why I would prefer that she wasn't the Speaker of the House. Whether she is a woman, a man, or a trans-sexual, does not change this fact.