Because the disease is inherited by sex chromosomes ( X chromosome), except for rare cases, diseases are determined only in males. Males carry just one X chromosome in their genome, that is why it is not possible for them to be a carrier. Unlike sons of afflicted father, all daughters become carrier, however sons of that father remain unaffected and they even never become carrier, as well.
If any one of the two X chromosomes in females is affected, they do not show the disease but become carrier due to having two X chromosomes in their genetic makeup. The probability of the transmission of the disease to the sons of carrier women is 50 % for every single pregnancy, whereas it is half of that for the daughters.
X-linked recessive diseases can be observed very rarely in females. X inactivation in carrier women occurs randomly due to dosage compensasion that results in inactivation of mutant gene bearing X chromosome and inactivation of wild type X chromosome with equal probabilities. But in some cases, due to inactivation of X chromosome possessing normal gene, the disease can be observed in phenotype.
In addition to all these, in order to protect the genetic structure in X autosomal translocation, non random translocation of X chromosome is saved and the other X chromosome becomes inactivated. If individual carries the X chromosome on which translocation did happen, this situation may appear in phenotype.