use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

my $xml = XMLin(\*DATA);
print Dumper $xml;

__DATA__
<ObjectType>
   <AppObject>hello</AppObject>
   <AppObjectField>gender</AppObjectField>
   <valueTargetPair value="MALE" targetPo="Incoming 1" />
   <valueTargetPair value="FEMALE" targetPo="Incoming 2" />
</ObjectType>

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = {
  'AppObject' => 'hello',
  'valueTargetPair' => [
    {
      'value' => 'MALE',
      'targetPo' => 'Incoming 1'
    },
    {
      'value' => 'FEMALE',
      'targetPo' => 'Incoming 2'
    }
  ],
  'AppObjectField' => 'gender'
};

##</code><code>##

my $xml = XMLin(\*DATA);
bless $xml, $xml->{AppObject};
warn unless ref $xml eq 'hello';

##</code><code>##

my $xml = XMLin(\*DATA);
foreach my $entry (@{$xml->{valueTargetPair}})
{
     print "value=", $entry->{value}, $/;
     print "targetPo=", $entry->{targetPo}, $/;
}

##</code><code>##

value=MALE
targetPo=Incoming 1
value=FEMALE
targetPo=Incoming 2