Based on the work of some NYU academics, it looks like it would not have mattered. They basically re-staged segments of the debates, with actors of the opposite sex representing each candidate, down to mimicking body language and the actual language of the candidates. Then in an exercise of educational theatre, invited in a crowd and let 'er rip!
Someone said that Jonathan Gordon [the male Hillary Clinton] was “really punchable” because of all the smiling.
Here's the details from the horse's mouth, so to speak: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publ...ch/trump-clinton-debates-gender-reversal.html
Someone said that Jonathan Gordon [the male Hillary Clinton] was “really punchable” because of all the smiling.
Here's the details from the horse's mouth, so to speak: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publ...ch/trump-clinton-debates-gender-reversal.html