Can a PhD (Or a doctorate or an MD) choose to use a gendered title instead of Dr? For example, suppose an AFAB PhD comes out as a trans man. Is he allowed to use Mister to affirm his gender? Or is he stuck in the gender neutral Doctor zone forever? Does he have to get knighted by the British monarchy in order to get a masculine title?
If you’re also a teacher, you get to use “Professor”
Only in the US and a select few other countries…
In other places, ‘Professor’ is a specific academic rank - there’ll only be a few professors in a university.
Pardon me for the lack of nuance in my previous comment, but, yeah, this is what I was talking about.