The term “Minor-coded” should’ve been gone long ago.
A short female adult character is not a minor, she is a short woman.
A female character who wears pigtails similar to Harley Quinn’s and is confirmed to be an adult is not a minor. Pigtails are a hairstyle.
A female character with a cute pastel aesthetic is not a minor. It’s an adult woman who still enjoys bright pastel colors.
A female character who enjoys candy and video games is not a minor, once again, it’s a woman who still enjoys video games and sweets.
A female character who has a petite build (small breasts, small hips and short) is not a minor. She is an adult woman with a petite body type.
See a pattern here? Infantilization of women as well as being sexist and sometimes body shaming women. It sadly did not stop at just fiction however. I saw someone insinuate that a man is a pedo for dating a short woman. Imagine telling a real life short woman that she is only loved by a man because she “looks like a child.”
I hate the term “minor-coding” and it needs to go away. It’s a term that makes no sense at all.