Hmm. Maybe, just maybe, this isn’t quite the gotcha he thinks it is.
If read without pause for thought, it looks like the usual unreasonable rejection of hopeful employees because they are Different in some irrelevant way. But if we do pause for thought, we realize it’s not that simple.
Knowing which people are women and which are men is a form of Very Basic Knowledge which is part of being an adult capable of employment. Someone who is so confused or clueless about that VBK that he or she gets his or her own sex wrong fails that Very Basic criterion. The thought of the potential employer is something like “This guy thinks he’s a woman, so how is he going to learn the ropes of this job? No thanks.”
It’s not even complicated. It would get complicated if the candidate got past that first hurdle, but that first hurdle is all it takes. I think most employers want employees who understand the basic facts of the world we live in. Gravity is real, fire is not cold, chewing glass is a bad idea. Hiring a trans person=hiring someone who is unfamiliar with reality.
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