The main topic of Bloodborne might not be only "womanhood and femininity" as some like to simplify it as, but they undeniably are one of the most important aspects of the story. You can't really claim to understand the lore if you try to erase the importance of it to the lore, or the fact that the women in the game shape the narrative of that universe. I always thought Bloodborne as mainly a criticism of human greed: of the mortal curiosity for forbidden knowledge sparked by the desire to obtain immortality, to reach Godhood like the entities they worship. But those who suffer the most in this search for the unattainable are of course, women. The lore hints that despite of how powerful The Great Ones are, they possess the flaw of being unable to procreate without human women as their surrogates. The line "every Great One loses its child, and then yearns for a surrogate" implies that they do have the capacity of carrying an offspring but fail to succeed entirely, always ending up with a stillborn.
Kos' true child likely died inside of her and the one we see crawling out of its mother's corpse and weeping on the shore is nothing but a physical manifestation created by the nightmare to punish the hunters. Even multi-dimensional beings that can exist across several planes of existence still need women. There's nothing more powerful in the universe of Bloodborne's than the capacity of birthing — and women are the givers of life even for those cosmically superior. We saw with Arianna that the task to bear an eldritch child isn't always consensual, and this cosmic intervention combined with the manner women are treated by the misogynistic men of that universe results in an oppressive never-ending cycle of women having their bodily autonomy stripped away repeatedly. Not only by men, but by Gods too; although the Great One's intentions aren't malicious like men's, since a cosmic entity could very unlikely understand the concept of consent or human autonomy.
Regardless, it's always women on the receiving end: even Yharnam, a special woman who was chosen to carry Oedon's child, was no exception. Even while she performed a task seen as divine and a great honor, the lore highly implies that when war broke out she had her hands bound and the baby ripped out of her womb. The details of this event might not be entirely known, but that's what's shown by her character design and melancholic behaviour; she suffered the most cruel fate precisely because of the importance of her role of birthing a Great One. Despite being many theories as to what really happened to Yharnam, one thing is sure: her death is the most concrete proof that even when women play the most crucial role in existence of life, their contribution to society and sacrifice will never be properly recognized or respected, and their bodies will still be treated like vessels instead. As depressing and unfair as this is, the world of Bloodborne isn't too different from ours in this aspect. This is why you can't talk about Bloodborne without talking about womanhood — it might not be all that the game's story circles around, but it plays a crucial part in it.
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