Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: According to Christopher Witcombe , `` the ironic identification of these figurines as ` Venus ' pleasantly satisfied certain assumptions at the time about the primitive , about women , and about taste '' .
Simplified: `` The ironic identification of these figurines as ` Venus ' pleasantly satisfied certain assumptions at the time about the primitive , about women , and about taste , '' Christopher Witcombe has noticed .