The professors are likely willing to differentiate between biological sex and gender. Kirk purposefully conflated the two to suit his debate needs.

ETH_start 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The question doesn't predispose that one consider sex synonymous with gender.

The question was never the problem. It was always how Kirk chose to respond after the answer.

	▲	ETH_start 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		The problem was the answer was self-referential, e.g. "anyone who identifies as a woman"

But you haven't made a point, the question remains: "what is that thing?"