Of course, he gives us no actual reason women cannot be ordained. He just says "I, your pope, say so." Which is an excellent cause for rejecting it. The Vatican's position paper on 

Francis won't respond to the "dubia" men because he just full well that they aren't asking questions, they are playing Church politics. These Pharisees believe, as do you, that it is the letter of the law that gives eternal life, and man was made for the Sabbath. Allow the divorced and remarried to receive the Eucharist? The rules say they can't, and the rules must be obeyed.