I'm really not sure if this the right place to ask this, but oh well. I walked up to a store clerk today, and he said "Hey mon," which instantly made my day just because, well, it was a Jamaican saying "Hey mon." Anyways, I'm trying to figure out if he read me as male. Had it been someone saying "Hey man," I would take it that they had, but I'm not sure if they tend to use it more generally. Any ideas? If so, he will have made my day twice.
I think that it is "reserved" for men only. I have not been to Jamaica, but I have been to the Bahamas. And you get the same thing there. From what I remember they would say something like "Hey Love" to the ladies. But remember this is a couple of decades ago.
'Hey man' does tend toward men, with 'alright darling' being more women - though it's not completely set as far as I can see.
The North London variant is 'Hey Boss'.
Sounds good to me!