Help with combo box

Hello I want to do an if statement that says if the user chooses Female it must do something and if the user chooses Male it must also do something. Help would very much appreciated! here is the code:

Code:

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private void comboBox1MouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
      {
        if (comboBox1 == "Female")
        {
            //do something
        }
        else
        {
            if (comboBox1 == "Male")
            {
            //do something
            }
        }
      }

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Code:

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if(comboBox1.getSelectedItem().equals("Female") {
    // do something
} else if(comboBox1.getSelectedItem().equals("Male") {
    // do something
}

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• Don't check Strings for equality with ==, but instead use the equals(...) method.
• Check out and use the "else if" construct.

edit: as SRaith states above!

Thank you a lot Sraith and Mr Moderator!