Json object inside json array [duplicate]

i have a rest api response in the below format

[ { "Male": "N" } ]

I need to extract the value of Male - which is N ; When i run the below code

code

public void abc() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException, JSONException  
{           
    JSONObject response = Services.getHTTPRequest(dataTable);       
    JSONArray jsonarray = new JSONArray(response);
    for (int i = 0; i < jsonarray.length(); i++) {
        response = jsonarray.getJSONObject(i);
        String flag = response.getString("Eligible Flag");
       System.out.println(flag);

}

i get below error saying : 1. org.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' 2. print statement is printing the whole response. i Need just the value of Male which is N