public class ExamplePageRefactored {

  @FindBy(css = "[test-id=my-table-name] [test-id=element]")
  private List<WebElement> myTableRows;

  public void selectGenderForRow(String linkText, String optionValueToSelect){
    WebElement selectElement = findElementByLinkText(String linkText, List<WebElement> elementList);
    selectByOptionValue(selectElement, optionValueToSelect);
}

public class WebElementTable {

    public static WebElement findElementByLinkText(String linkText, List<WebElement> elementList){
        return elementList.stream()
                .filter(element -> linkText.equals(element.findElement(By.cssSelector("test-id=link")).getText()))
                .findFirst()
                .orElseThrow(() -> new NoSuchElementException("Element " + linkText + " isn't displayed in the table."));
    }
}

public class WebElementSelect {

  public static void selectByOptionValue(WebElement selectElement, String valueToSelect){
    List<WebElement> optionsList = selectElement.findElements(By.tagName("option"));
    WebElement optionElement = optionsList.stream()
      .filter(currentElement -> currentElement.getAttribute("value").equals(optionValueToSelect))
      .findFirst()
      .orElseThrow(() -> new NoSuchElementException("Option " + optionValueToSelect + " wasn't found in the list."));
    optionElement.click();
  }
}