I realized that when I had first asked them what a man is, they responded telling me a man’s role in society not because gender is only a matter of fulfilling certain duties. Rather, they presumed I was talking about social roles because the biological reality of being male or female was so obvious to them. The idea that people could believe they are a different sex than how they were born simply didn’t make sense. Once they knew I was asking about something more fundamental, they didn’t hesitate to answer.