Yes, approx. 100 years later, in the 1800s, in China, on the other side of the world, there was the anecdotal occurrence of a woman rising to power as a pirate for a couple of years after her husband died leaving her the reigns. This definitely makes fierce, powerful female pirates of the Caribbean, in the 1700s, in the golden age of piracy totally legit lol.
Then again, magic isn't very legit either in these movies. Nor is much else, really. Hell, half the things we see about pirates even in things attempting historical accuracy base most of their info on an ancient, clearly fictionalized, highly sensationalized tabloid-akin book entitled A General History of the Pyrates (most of the wild tales we hear about Blackbeard, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, etc come from this ye old clickbait). So I suppose nitpicking over the historical accuracy of what genitals the pirates have is kind of missing the forest for the trees.
That being said, it's highly likely changes like this are made in movies due to hamfisted political correctness. I mean, let's get real here. It's not subtle. It's just well-intentioned filmmakers trying to shoehorn in diversity and inclusiveness so as to make sure no one feels left out (because girls want to be vicious criminals and murderers on the high seas too lol it's only fair). Which is nice of them, I guess. But it does make their decisions feel somewhat forced and as if they care more about real-world issues than the story they're trying to tell.
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