THE GREAT SPHINX-Who was he?

I am probably going to get hell for this, but I have always believed that the great Sphinx was once a SHE and not a he. The Sphinx, across cultures, has always been female. The two CHERUBIM or Sphinx-like beings guarding the gate to EDEN were sexless of a sort, because their sex is never mentioned. Infact, they are rarely mentioned. The only place where a MALE Sphinx is common is in Egypt and solely because they are stylized after the PHAROAHS to whom they were dedicated. The current head on the Sphinx is NOT the original and is younger than the body itself.