I know I am both late to this and also this is a US thing, but the whole Dr Biden shouldn't be a Dr because.... some sort of false pretences is insane and really stinks as well.
I wryly note the pride that Surgeons have in the UK that they are *not* addressed as Drs but rather Mr (does the US have this as well) which is a real inside medicine moment.
Obviously Doctor (from the latin, to teach) has always been broader than medicine and indeed medical doctors I believe were a bit frowned on compared to the PhD/D. Phils
This historical perspective though is not confronting the main thing, which is, bizarrely, people feeling I guess threatened or concerned about women being... academic peers of men, with their own drives and delivery.
I'm ... married to a Dr in Education (the wonderful @barleybirney), have been taught and mentored by amazing women (notably Janet Thornton), I am the Deputy Director General to @embl's first female Director General, the accomplished Edith Heard.
I have peers, postdocs and students of all genders and want to have a lab and institute where the broadest possible mindsets feel comfortable and supported to ... get stuck into science.
It is just bizarre to think that someone's sex or gender (any configuration!) is somehow an important part of their ability to have insight, academic prowess or just delivery - from education, academia, business...
(final note; this endless needling in my view to create culture wars seems unhealthy to me. Why do it? Why stoke division? What world do these people want to live in?)
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