Fun story time! The suffix -tor is actually, historically, used for men, i.e, aviator, doctor, etc. There exists another suffix, -trix, that isn't used much at all anymore, but for women. You may know of one of the only remaining uses of this suffix (that I know about) in the form of "dominatrix". This has been your antiquated vocabulary lesson. Test on Friday, homework due on Thursday.

Honestly that’s probably the third best reason to get a doctorate I have ever heard.

The best is “I really want to spent four years researching this super specific stuff”.

The second best is “I’m interested in an academic career”.

All the others are worse.

There should be more widespread gender-neutral titles, for those fence-sitting centrists who aren’t interested in defending normative gender roles but don’t have the wherewithal to transition.

Having said that, if “Dr.” is an example, “Mr.” would become gender-neutral, with “Mrs.”/“Ms.” becoming archaisms like “Doctrix”. The other alternative is further generalising the relatively novel title Mx, which would also have the benefit of infuriating the TERFs

“Freshie” “Bachelor” & my fav.

I too have earned a gender neutral pronoun. Makes me sound like a pompous ass of I were to insist it be used in everyday company.

Don't worry these thoughts are totally cis. You can just say "still cis tho :3" and then it's clear that there's nothing eggy going on, I do it all the time

Eh I don't really like honorifics. I like people to just use my name.

I'd need more specifics but I don't necessarily see any contradictions in those statements. Your gender identity could align with your sex at birth and you present as such in social situations, but you don't want the bias that comes with Ms./Mr. (or, God forbid, Mrs.) in professional or impersonal situations.

For example, seeing Mr./Ms. somewhere on a CV or reference letter triggers ingrained patriarchal bias even with the best intentions.