"Comedy needs more women just because they're women!" NOPE. "Let's talk about why there's more men than women in comedy. HINT: it's because of evolution and seeking a mate" NOPE. Why do both sides gotta go for the cringe extreme?
There's no specific reason why there's more popular male comics than female ones right now, and there's no need to desperately change it just because you can. Neither men nor women are inherently better at comedy