Historically, “rites of passage” for genders have been practically ubiquitous throughout cultures, and for good reason. Cisgender men and women are biologically different. Men are built to be strong and to use that strength for physical protection and combat. Women are built to be mothers, an activity that is arguably even more physically gruelling, yet in an entirely different manner.

Ugh. Fuck this writer and their gender essentialism all to fucking Hell. "Men are built to be strong" is only true if you define "strong" as "those areas in which men are stronger".

Women have a higher pain tolerance, a higher resistance to disease, higher endurance, and can easily train to be as strong at lifting, etc. as men of their size since the strong muscles are the "slow twitch" muscles that aren't bulked out while the weaker muscles are the bulky "fast twitch" muscles.

Men have the edge in speed: running, etc. Not in capacity strength. And CERTAINLY not in endurance, resistance, pain tolerance, etc.