But you're the one who called it sexist. Even though it is merely a statistical likelihood.
As others have pointed out it is really a serious consideration for a lot of people so I don't think it's an unnecessary remark, and the OP went out of their way to make it not sexist.
As others have pointed out it is really a serious consideration for a lot of people so I don't think it's an unnecessary remark, and the OP went out of their way to make it not sexist.