[Solved] ASP.Net Entity Framework Error: e is not a member of schoolentities

i am getting the following errors

e is not a member of schoolentities

request is not declared. it may be inacessible due to protection level.

my target is to get the gender selected from the table called employees.

    Imports System.Data.Entity
    Imports System.Data.SqlClient
    Imports System.Net
    Imports System.Net.Http
    Imports System.Web.Http
    Imports System.Web.Mvc
    Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
    Imports EMPLOYEESERVICEAPI


    Public Function Get(ByVal gender As String = "All") As HttpResponseMessage
        ' Imports SCHOOLEntities entities = New EmployeeDBEntities()
        Dim dbContext As SCHOOLEntities = New EmployeeDBContext

        Select Case gender.ToLower()
            Case "all"
                Return HttpRequest.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK,
                   dbContext.Employees.ToList())

            Case "male"
                Return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK,
                    dbContext.Employees.Where(dbContext.e >= e.Gender.ToLower() = "male").ToList())

            Case "female"
                Return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK,
                   dbContext.Employees.Where(e >= e.Gender.ToLower() = "female").ToList())
            Case Else
                Return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest,
                    "Value for gender must be Male, Female or All. " + gender + " is invalid.")
        End Select

    End Function