Fiber optic, electrical and hybrid fiber optic and electrical cable and connector assemblies, namely, fiber optic, electrical and hybrid fiber optic and electrical connectors and fiber optic and electrical cable; components for fiber optic, electrical and hybrid fiber optic and electrical cable and connector assemblies, namely, plug connector bodies, plug insert bodies, receptacle connector bodies, receptacle insert bodies, alignment inserts, namely, ceramic alignment sleeves in the nature of a device to secure and attach the fiber optic and electrical cables, backshells, fiber optic termini in the nature of a device used to terminate, position, and hold an optical fiber within a connector, electrical contacts, mating sleeves in the nature of adapter plugs; panel mounted electrical plugs, gender insensitive insert caps for electric connectors, provision independent cavities, namely, gender-selectable electrical plugs and electrical receptacles created by either core pin placement during injection molding process or manual drilling incorporating a proprietary subtractive process