Charlie: R’ Ovadia wasn’t reversing any P’sak. He was just saying, as he always does, that he Paskens like the Mechaber over the Rama and the Rambam over Tosfos.
PAA: The Mishnah B’rurah already says that the Guf Naki issue is that women are generally less hygienic than men. I think everyone agrees that this is not true nowadays.