Let's try and take this apart. "It is statistically true that women speak more than men" [1], therefore it is wholly appropriate for this guy to crack this com

Let's try and take this apart. "It is statistically true that women speak more than men" [1], therefore it is wholly appropriate for this guy to crack this comment as a joke, interrupting a woman talking about the benefits of more women on the board, at an event specifically about sexual harassment. Is that your argument? [1] Is bullshit, by the way. Studies vary widely, and in some studies indicate that it depends on context to a degree that the conclusion that "women talk more" is basically meaningless.