So's I understand, is the reading here that equating the gendering of humans, which is socially and individually constructed, with the sexing of animals, which is scientific and instrumentalist (for the purpose of producing and consuming the animals) incorrectly reduces the former to the latter? And could they instead be arguing that the gendered treatment of animals is also a human construct?

sorry its not super specific but I just lump trans women in with my idea of female. Because trans animals don't exist that we know of yet, I feel like we can give a little pass on being decisive on a cow's gender.