This is the kind of subject where your typical engineer, who took 10s of high level math and science courses, who proudly carries the torch of empiricism and scientific skepticism, who literally uses logic in his day-to-day (&& & ||), will suddenly become viscerally offended at merely questioning the orthodoxy of gender ideology present in academia & the white collar world.
You can visually see when the ideology 'hits' by their body language and facial expression. It's a hell of a drug