>>2423167/n/ here.
Oh, in that case I'd look for a male saddle. You should be fine.
Frequently called a "seat", a bicycle's saddle is not intended to support the rider's entire weight. Traditional saddles are made of leather stretched over a metal frame, hammock style. This type of saddle requires care and careful breaking in, but when this is done, the classic leather saddle molds itself to fit the particular anatomical shape of its rider.
Leather saddles are particularly well suited to long-distance tourists, and have their greatest advantage in hot weather, because they are porous and able to breathe, unlike plastic saddles which have closed-cell foam (also known as "gel") as a cushion. There is a more extensive article on Leather Saddles on this site.
Most cyclists have never experienced the comfort of a well broken-in leather saddle, because most modern bicycles come with plastic saddles which require no break in or other maintenance. Plastic saddles are also lighter and cheaper than leather ones.
If you are coming off of a layoff of months or years, start with very short rides, maybe a mile or two, no more. Only gradually should you increase your ride distance. This may seem frustrating, but it does take a while to re-accustom your derrière to cycling. Anybody in decent shape can hop onto a bike and ride 15-20 miles, but you'll be a wreck afterwards if you haven't accustomed your body to cycling first.
This is not to say that there are not real differences in saddles, or that you should ride just anything. In fact, original-equipment saddles that come with bikes are often greatly inferior to better aftermarket saddles.
Imagine placing a soft pillow on top of the coffee table. Now, as you sit down on it, the sit bones compress the pillow, which yields until the sit bones are almost on the table surface again. The difference is that now, you have pressure in between your sit bones from the middle part of the pillow.
