What would you do if you wanted to hire a man under you, but your boss wanted to hire a woman for the job? Or vice versa?

Identify the required potential of the person irrespective of the gender and ignite the potentails for the use in meeting the objectives.

"Merit" should ideally be the decisive factor, rather than gender or any other  issues. Preferably, in organisational interest,Personal preferences should never influence Hiring decisions.