This seems to be a joke that would appeal to a religious person. Everyone else is fine with sex outside of marriage, and the typical joke is that getting married ruins your sex life...
Like most jokes, it's the truth in it that makes it a joke, i.e. funny to some. Certainly the quote is sexist and lacking in nuance, on the other hand certainly from a evolutionary standpoint, barring social complications, women have a lot more to gain from relationship stability then men do, while men gain a lot more from promiscuity then women do. Historically, this was true in many societies (and still is), however in some societies there are other pressures that do come into effect and men are not always rewarded by promiscuity and women do not need "marriage" for stability. While I understand the annoyance, we like to be very egalitarian, I think that these types of "jokes" exist because they do contain some truth - that said this is all coming from someone who will refrain from her own rant regarding the venerable institution of marriage.
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