Even the African tribal “shaman” were male.
Well, in some of the societies (pre-civ), for instance, in what is now Sudan, the witches were women. Posed against them, as protection from their vindictiveness, were some male shamans, whose job it was to keep those lady witches under control (if possible).
So, your corrective statement of my joke (love it when people correct my jokes) is too broad to be categorically true.