Bullbar question

I'm pretty sure we all know what a bull is. I'm also sure
you know what a bar is. However, the 2 together as one word form something that has to do with a bull. Although not that much to do with a bar. Well not the one pictured anyway. Dunno what they're called elsewhere, but I'm guessing here, it's a pretty safe bet that bullbars got their name from trucks putting some metal on the front to prevent or minimize damage if they hit a bull. Although, with the ratio of freeroaming cattle, they're more likely to hit a cow aren't they??

Then trains have had the same problem, and they have a similar mechanism. Except it's called a cowcatcher. At first you could assume, ok, Bull was put with Bar because of the B. Safe assumption? Also safe to assume cow was put with catcher for the same reason??

So we've almost made sense of it... except the cowcatcher pushes the cow to the side, so it's closer to throwing it really........

Anyway, the question....

Is this just a case of political correctness gone too far?? The cowcatcher is a feminine term, so a masculine one is created specifically to even shit out???

Why can't they both be called cattlechuckers or something???

Seriously though, Animal Deflection Unit is a fair crap name, but why is one masculine and one feminine, when they're both more likely to hit a native animal, or if it's livestock, almost definitely a cow?