(Image credit: Illumination) The Minions have become global stars since they appeared in Illumination's Despicable Me more than 15 years ago. Gru's yellow pill-shaped henchmen have gone on to get their own spin-off movies and to appear in merchandise and memes the world over. But with Minions & Monsters coming to cinemas soon, an old question has resurfaced: why are there are no girl Minions? While the Minions appear in various physical forms, including with one or two eyes, and they've sometimes dressed as women for comic effect, they're all male. It might seem like Gru is guilty of sexism when it comes to recruiting his henchmen, but the reason why there are no male minions won't exactly delight the manosphere. Minions & Monsters | Official Trailer - YouTube Watch On At first glance, you might assume the squishy animated characters to be gender neutral. Canonically, they were created in a lab by Gru's inventor Dr.…