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loop through an enum and add to dropdownlist

I need to loop through an enum with the values for Gender that need to be added to a dropdownlist. How do I set up my foreach statement for this?

Admin.SiteCentralLookupFactoryLookUpTypes LookUpGenders = Admin.SiteCentralLookupFactoryLookUpTypes.Genders;

Where Admin.SiteCentralLookupFactoryLookUpTypes is an enum

LookupValues = MyFactory.GetLookupItems(LookUpGenders, AssociateID);
where (Local Variable) List<Admin.LookUpObject> LookupValues

[0]
LookUpDescription = "Female"
LookUpDescriptionField = "Female"

LookUpId = "1"
LookUpIdField = "1"

LookUpName = "F"
LookUpNameField = "F"

[1]
LookUpDescription = "Male"
LookUpDescriptionField = "Male"

LookUpId = "2"
LookUpIdField = "2"

LookUpName = "M"
LookUpNameField = "M"

//GENDER ID DROPDOWNLIST
LookupValues = MyFactory.GetLookupItems(LookUpGenders, EmployeeID);
foreach (LookupValues eGenders in Enum.GetValues(typeof(LookupValues)))
{
ddlGenderID.Items.Add(eGenders);
}

ddlGenderID.SelectedValue = EmployeeDetails.GenderID.ToString();

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RedXavier2k4

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Thanks That's what I was looking for. I also found a way with using the datasource.

//GENDER ID DROPDOWNLIST
LookupValues = MyFactory.GetLookupItems(Admin.SiteCentralLookupFactoryLookUpTypes.Genders, tSiteID);
ddlGenderID.DataSource = LookupValues;
ddlGenderID.DataTextField = "LookupName";
ddlGenderID.DataValueField = "LookupId";
ddlGenderID.DataBind();
if (EmployeeDetails.GenderID.ToString().Trim() != "")
{
ddlGenderID.SelectedValue = EmployeeDetails.GenderID.ToString();