The thought behind it was not too simplistic, but I think its presentation in that comment was, largely due to leaving out this background information; I think this is why it was downvoted, and is also what left it open to strawmanning (sigh sexist language).
I think it comes from the fact that a genderless figurine looks male to our eyes—you can see it doesn’t have breasts, and any other pieces of anatomy it’s missing are either routinely stylized away or covered up.
The thought behind it was not too simplistic, but I think its presentation in that comment was, largely due to leaving out this background information; I think this is why it was downvoted, and is also what left it open to strawmanning (sigh sexist language).
I think it comes from the fact that a genderless figurine looks male to our eyes—you can see it doesn’t have breasts, and any other pieces of anatomy it’s missing are either routinely stylized away or covered up.
Also, waist-to-hip ratio—it would be harder to make a scarecrow with wider hips than the waist.