I actually used to make my students answer this question in an essay, for a class on prejudice I was teaching. Though in that class, they could choose a different gender, a different race, or a different sexual orientation. ALL of my students chose a different gender, because gender (back in the early 80's, when I was teaching this class) felt like a safer thing to them than race or orientation.
One of my students was a woman who'd been a friend of mine for years, and she went around asking all of her friends if they'd treat her differently if she were male. When she asked me, I said, "Yes, I think I'd trust you less," and she said, "But, but ... you're supposed to know better!" And I gently told her that I was human, too. :-)
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One of my students was a woman who'd been a friend of mine for years, and she went around asking all of her friends if they'd treat her differently if she were male. When she asked me, I said, "Yes, I think I'd trust you less," and she said, "But, but ... you're supposed to know better!" And I gently told her that I was human, too. :-)