C++ error:String input wrongly goes into if conditional statement even when string input is correct

[MBANS7A1]

Hello everyone,I have a simple function in C++ where I ask the user to select if they female or male by typing in the appropriate string ("FEMALE" or "MALE") in upper case format only but I am thinking about it being case-insensitive as it has been causing me trouble. When I run it through the local windows debugger it always goes into the if conditional statement when I type FEMALE or MALE.

std::string createMC::getGender(void) {
	std::string genderChoice;
        std::cout << "Are you planning to scan female of male skin?\n";
	std::cout << "Please type in FEMALE or MALE (upper case only):";
	getline(cin, genderChoice);
	if (genderChoice != "FEMALE" || genderChoice != "MALE") {
	 cerr << "Wrong gender selection..please reselect!" << endl;
	  getGender();
	}
        else {
       return genderChoice;
	}
	return genderChoice;
    }

Called function from int main():

createMC cr1;
subjectGender = cr1.getGender();

Could someone please tell me the right way to get std::string or const char* or char str[100] input from the user correctly. Thanks.

[tpb]

A very common mistake. You need to use && instead of ||. The choice is invalid if it is not female AND it is not male. Also, you can delete the else part; the final return is good enough.

[MBANS7A1]

@tpb-thanks for the helpful reply. I will try it out.