Jamie, I think you -- however understandably -- may be missing a different perspective.  Two points.  First, because the Spirit blows where it will, one way traditionalists listen to the Spirit is by reading traditional language in a way that is not traditional.  Second, from such a perspective, could not the stark contrast, between a Church that supports the ordination of pre-clericalist young men and a Church that opposes the ordination of women, be seen not so much as humor but as pathos, a pathos that calls -- to the traditional mind -- for just the reverse policies by the Church?

Who is Pope Francis trying to make think?  Not liberals, who already see the injustice of excluding women.  Traditionalists, by contrast, will hear this story as a reminder of clericalist pomp.  And they will ask, why are women in that story?  Jesus did something similar in a different story, told to Galilean peasants, who were disoriented by the implicit question, why is a Samaritan in this story?