I think that iconic images exist in many forms. If a viewer chooses to read one form of an iconic image into another, vastly different form then that is the result of the cross-fertilization inherent in using images which are transcendant in their composition.
This image has some similarities - I don't see it as a stretch to find them.
How about this one?
Personally I see nothing but coincidence. The images do not reference each other except in a most general fashion - male beside female. If you read more than that you are stretching. It means you don't have real issues to worry about so these small, puffed up nothings can fill your head.
my 2 cents