change selected radio jquery

1Say you had radio buttons like these, for example:
2
3<input type='radio' name='gender' value='Male'>
4<input type='radio' name='gender' value='Female'>
5  
6And you wanted to check the one with a value of "Male" onload if no radio is 
7checked:
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9$(function() {
10    var $radios = $('input:radio[name=gender]');
11    if($radios.is(':checked') === false) {
12        $radios.filter('[value=Male]').prop('checked', true);
13    }
14});