So do I, but titles don’t mean that you are more worthy, they are just a convention that indicates a particular thing. For example, the titles Mr., Ms., Prof.,

So do I, but titles don’t mean that you are more worthy, they are just a convention that indicates a particular thing. For example, the titles Mr., Ms., Prof., and so on. Different countries and cultures use titles differently; in some societies, such as in the US, we use the title “Dr.” for someone who has received one of several (earned, not honorary) degrees from an accredited institution. These are the MD, the PhD, and some other degrees that have a D in them, such as the EdD (Biden) and the DrPH (doc. public health)¹. This is so even though these degrees involve little more than vocational programs with two years of coursework. The right context are things like business cards, listing people’s names on the program of a conference, or any place where you want to indicate someone as a degree holder, to lend a little formality, indicate respect, or try to impress the innocent. It is no more incumbent on you to use the title as it is to use someone’s preferred pronouns. It’s up to you. And to make an issue of it is pitiful and boorish.¹ [1] https://www.thelily.com/a-white-city-official-refused-to-address-this-black-professor-as-doctor-he-got-fired/ https://www.thelily.com/a-white-city-official-refused-to-add...