I understand that the painting does look like a girl is in it.... but John (in paintings where it is clearly marked that it is John) is always portrayed with extremely feminine characteristics.... I dont have the specific examples at hand.... but John, throughout history, has been portrayed femininely And of course there are theories about it lol.... there are always theories about everything.... people believe that men never made it to the moon.... people believe that the government uses mind control on its citizens and these are theories that were come up with soon after the fact.... theories about Jesus have been made thousands of years after the fact.... I also do not know enough about the theories.... but I would be hesitant to believe them if I did not already believe in Jesus and the Bible