I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.