I think that he is taking the problem out of context. What would he say if the secretary was a guy that just snitched on them all of the time? Or even a gay guy or something? Then the comment would have been the same, but instead of saying "women" it would have been a bash on gay people..... or if it was a guy there would have been no comment made at all, it would have just been "I hate snitches".
Which, on a second thought, the comment should have been directed towards people that don't have a sense of humor....
(Crossle)