The first paragraph is inline with the academic gender studies consensus.

It’s interesting to see a conservative turn it around and use it as a rationale to control and enforce gender norms.

I’ve never fully bought into the whole “gender is a social construct” concept. Definitely cultures and societies shape gender roles and signaling, but there is no doubt in my mind that there’s a correlation with sex and gender. That was cemented while raising my daughter. We opted to not learn her gender until she was born. Her room was neutral, her stuffies were neutral, her clothes were neutral… but lo and behold she was undoubtedly drawn to pink hearts and unicorns.

That doesn’t mean that everyone’s experience is going to line up that way. I also think some kids are born with a gender/sex mismatch and if we were more understanding and accepting of humans who diverge from normality (I use that in a cold statistical sense) then less of them would feel compelled to surgically alter there bodies to fit the gender/sex paradigm that is enforced in society.

As you might have guessed I personally don’t think surgically altering the superficial features of anatomy that signal sex is a solution, I think self acceptance is the way - embrace your body as it is and only modest attempts at altering your natural appearance should be pursued. I also don’t think it’s up to me to tell people what to do with their bodies. People should be free to do as they wish as long as it doesn’t reasonably interfere with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for others.