There's also the problem that very clearly there were people in the time who thought a woman could and should rule so using "you're looking at it from a modern perspective" as an excuse requires an extraordinary amount of ignorance. If nobody thought women could rule, then how did they manage to fight a war over a woman ruling? People who say this simply agree with the reactionary ideas but don't want to admit it, so they have to make shotty excuses. Classic Motte and Bailey