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Why would you interpret it this way, when there are more charitable and better fitting interpretations? Not everything has to be about gender.
It's a fable about sexual politics. Gender is inescapable to the discussion.
When I reverse the genders, or make the branch lifters those with blonde hair, the story still works. I disagree with your statement.
The story would be improved by making it about hair color, actually.
If any of those other scenarios were applicable, the fable wouldn't have been written in the first place.