Hitchens on women and humor: an instructive interview

This video seems to me to be a good instruction on what to say and what not to say when a point one makes about differences between the sexes gets challenged. At once Hitchens stays calm and centered and sticks to his points with no digression. That is the up side. The down side is his use of offensive slang to describe lesbians ("butch/bull dyke"). That isn't something to be condoned. He also mentions religious affiliation at one point ("...female comedians are either... or Jews..."). That also wasn't necessary nor is it even true, and even if it was, it wouldn't be a relevant distinction (as it also isn't relevant to mention sexuality). So this clip of Hitchens has its value in both regards. His primary point that a woman need not be funny to get attention though is true. Men do have to work harder to attract mates or even get consideration in some cases. How much of that is human biology in action vs. social construction is a fair topic for debate.