PBA: I don’t quite know how to explain this (in detail). It’s just something that you see from each individual case. This is clearly a case where the Posek saw a problem. Namely, that women, even though the SH”A says they count, often mess up and end up having Chashash Brachos Levatalos. Because normative Halachah in this case says that women can count with a Brachah. We found a reason why they shouldn’t because there is a concern. However, it took a combination of two reasons to justify them not making a Brachah for that concern. (And this concern is irrelevant anyway according to the many Poskim who hold not like that Sha’arei T’shuvah.) When one of those reasons goes away, it stands to reason that (in this case, at least) she can count with a Brachah. Obscurity of the source doesn’t matter in learning it, but it does make it easier to go against in regards to Stimas Divrei Sha’ar Haposkim. It’s very, very tough to go against, say, a Magen Avraham’s or a Taz’s Chumra even if the rest of the Achronim are Mashma from Stimas Divreihim Lehakel. It’s easier to say that against less often-quoted sources.
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