You know what, I kinda take that back.
I feel like it's more androgynous now than it was then though, because it's much more acceptable now for guys to wear make-up.
But like, idk how, 14 years ago or whatever, people saw this and were like "maybe a dude?"
To be clear I mean this as in "people were sexist back then, because it was used as a pejorative, just because her makeup wasn't conventional and she wasn't wearing revealing clothes"
And
"I think this aesthetic fuckin rocks and was way ahead of its time"
There are other options besides those two, like not having accurate historical records to know the actual date of birth and death, so that there are lots of conflicting accounts.
I agree that religion in general is a crock used by charlatans to control people.
But I suspect that this isn't the gotcha you think it is, especially because I don't think that the precise dates really matter to the religion.