lol getting the pollen is easy enough its getting the genetics you want thrue back crossing or feminising that gets complicated.
but pollinating is easy
yes you need a male unless your breeding fems via stress or rhodelization
simple pollintions are done by letting a male mature and putting the pollen on a female plant.. after this is done is when you generally start stabilizing and breeding for the traits you wnt. but to do a simple pollination just get a male and a female move them way away from your other fems dont want them getting seed..
another way is to let a male mature and just use a paint brush or a bag and put the polen on a bud (make sure its not gonna touch other parts of itself or other plants.
its not really that hard as i said. except if your refining and stabililizing your cross.
the reason being the plants will all get different characteristics due to the different genetics in each one.. what were doing when we stabilize a breed is cross breeding and back tracking with plants that have the characteristics we want..