You will likely be asked the following questions about gender identity at some point by either your teacher or doctor. How should you respond? Here are some possible answers

Question: What is your preferred pronoun?

Response: I reject the premise of the question. The question assumes that gender is a matter of personal preference, which is a philosophical assertion—not a neutral fact.

The truth is that I do not "prefer" a pronoun. I am a male—not because I chose to be, but because that is my biological and ontological reality. To suggest otherwise is to assume a metaphysical position that I do not hold. My identity is grounded in objective reality, not subjective self-perception.

If language is to have meaning, it must correspond to reality. If words can be arbitrarily assigned based on preference rather than objective truth, then language itself becomes incoherent. Therefore, my pronouns are not "preferred"—they are simply correct.

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Question: How many genders are there?

Response: There are only two: male and female.

This is not a matter of opinion but a matter of biological and metaphysical fact. Human beings are sexually dimorphic—our bodies, chromosomes, and reproductive systems affirm this. This reality has been recognized in every civilization, scientific discipline, and religious tradition throughout human history.

To claim otherwise requires redefining fundamental biological categories based on ideology rather than observable fact. The burden of proof is on those who assert otherwise to provide a coherent, non-contradictory definition of "gender" that does not rely on subjective feelings or social constructs detached from biological reality.

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Question: But what about someone's right to tell you what their gender is?

Response: Everyone has the right to express their beliefs, but no one has the right to demand that others believe something that is not true.

If you tell me your gender identity, I will listen. However, just as I do not expect you to adopt my beliefs uncritically, you cannot require me to affirm yours. Truth is not determined by individual assertion.

Respect does not require agreement. If respect is truly the goal, then I should be free to hold and express my understanding of biological and metaphysical reality just as you are free to express yours. Demanding agreement under the threat of social or legal consequences is not respect—it is coercion.

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Question:  Why do you people seem to incorrectly think that sex and gender are synonyms.

The claim that "sex and gender are not the same" is itself a modern ideological construct, not an objective fact. Historically, and in most linguistic and scientific contexts, the terms sex and gender have been used interchangeably to describe the biological reality of being male or female. The distinction between them was introduced primarily in the mid-20th century to advance a theory that gender is a social construct independent of biology.

However, this redefinition is not self-evident nor universally accepted. Biologically, sex is determined by chromosomes (XX or XY) and reproductive anatomy, which are immutable. The claim that gender is separate from sex assumes that identity is purely psychological or socially constructed, detaching it from biological reality. This is a metaphysical assertion, not an objective truth. I will say that again: This is a metaphysical assertion, not an objective truth. Again, I have the right to hold and express my understanding of biological and metaphysical reality just as you are free to express yours, but to say it is a fact that they are not synonymous is an orphaned metaphysical assertion in search of an argument.

Thus, if people "incorrectly think" that sex and gender are synonyms, it may simply be because they are adhering to the long-standing, objective understanding of human nature rather than an ideological redefinition.

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