Female to Female DVI?

Hi I just brought home a new mac mini. I thought I was good to go because my monitor has a DVI port. Trying to set up and realize that my monitor has a female DVI as does the miniDVI to DVI. Is there such a thing as a male-male adaptor that I can use to make this work? I did not see one offered in the store. Thanks!

Standard DVI cables are all male-to-male. If a DVI cable came with your monitor, it should work unless they mispackaged a different type of cable. If you didn't get a DVI cable with your monitor, any computer dealer should be able to provide one, or you can get one from an online vendor such as Monoprice or Blue Jeans Cable.
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