Peer-review is supposed to be double-blind (which, in practice, is a bit of a joke since referees can simply search for the title of the paper and often find it on SSRN or other places where academics put up early drafts of their working papers). But you still have to at least maintain the kayfabe that it's double-blind. To specifically mention the demographics of the author as being relevant is to entirely drop the façade.
Peer-review is supposed to be double-blind (which, in practice, is a bit of a joke since referees can simply search for the title of the paper and often find it on SSRN or other places where academics put up early drafts of their working papers). But you still have to at least maintain the kayfabe that it's double-blind. To specifically mention the demographics of the author as being relevant is to entirely drop the façade.