Well the answer to the Q in the thread title is YES.
A male left long enough and allowed to grow old under 24h of light and even stressed a bit WILL throw pistils but this is a technique to use if you are DESPERATE to get a couple seeds off the last living example of your very favorite strain! I've got a Bogglegum male I'm trying to force herm atm but I think I may have OVERstressed and killed the poor thing.
You won't get 'bud' and it won't suddenly start producing resin either.