To not be truthful and to hide behind "politics" is nothing but cowardice. I could - hypothetically - understand why someone like Burr would do that, but there are important issues out there and to stay silent on them is cowardice and selfishness. I regret to say many men of the time did not see women as anything more than decoration.
Perhaps I could buy you dinner or a drink sometime and you could tell me your impressions of my time?