Avoid binary gender assumptions in example

Closes pypa#1907

Author: ncoghlan

source/guides/creating-command-line-tools.rst

@@ -40,33 +40,25 @@ named after the main module:
 
 
     def greet(
-        name: Annotated[str, typer.Argument(help="The (last, if --gender is given) name of the person to greet")] = "",
-        gender: Annotated[str, typer.Option(help="The gender of the person to greet")] = "",
+        name: Annotated[str, typer.Argument(help="The (last, if --title is given) name of the person to greet")] = "",
+        title: Annotated[str, typer.Option(help="The preferred title of the person to greet")] = "",
         knight: Annotated[bool, typer.Option(help="Whether the person is a knight")] = False,
         count: Annotated[int, typer.Option(help="Number of times to greet the person")] = 1
     ):
-        greeting = "Greetings, dear "
-        masculine = gender == "masculine"
-        feminine = gender == "feminine"
-        if gender or knight:
+        greeting = "Greetings, "
+        if not name:
+            if title:
+                name = title.lower().rstrip(".")
+            else:
+                name = "friend"
+        if title or knight:
             salutation = ""
-            if knight:
+            if title:
+                salutation = title
+            elif knight:
                 salutation = "Sir "
-            elif masculine:
-                salutation = "Mr. "
-            elif feminine:
-                salutation = "Ms. "
             greeting += salutation
-            if name:
-                greeting += f"{name}!"
-            else:
-                pronoun = "her" if feminine else "his" if masculine or knight else "its"
-                greeting += f"what's-{pronoun}-name"
-        else:
-            if name:
-                greeting += f"{name}!"
-            elif not gender:
-                greeting += "friend!"
+        greeting += f"{name}!"
         for i in range(0, count):
             print(greeting)
 
@@ -145,12 +137,14 @@ Let's test it:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
+	$ greet
+	Greetings, friend!
 	$ greet --knight Lancelot
-	Greetings, dear Sir Lancelot!
-	$ greet --gender feminine Parks
-	Greetings, dear Ms. Parks!
-	$ greet --gender masculine
-	Greetings, dear Mr. what's-his-name!
+	Greetings, Sir Lancelot!
+	$ greet --title Ms. Parks
+	Greetings, Ms. Parks!
+	$ greet --title Mr.
+	Greetings, Mr. mr!
 
 Since this example uses ``typer``, you could now also get an overview of the program's usage by calling it with
 the ``--help`` option, or configure completions via the ``--install-completion`` option.