How should Theravadins react to "controversial suttas"

I was reading a sutta one morning and I read this

"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī, in Ghosita’s Monastery. Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why females don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia?”

“Ānanda, females are irritable, jealous, stingy, and unintelligent. This is the cause, this is the reason why females don’t attend council meetings, work for a living, or travel to Persia"

When I read that, I could not stop laughing. Like, WOW,

How should Theravadins react to this? To this "Dhamma"?

I'm not trying to divide others, I'm trying to understand why this is in the Anguttara Nikaya and such. And the interpretation, and how I can apply it to daily life.

My theory is that this was a corrupted statement bc the suttas were written down WAYY after and they were transmitted orally (which can have some errors and biases). Aint no way Buddha said this, did he?

Thoughts? Again, I accept all opinions and I am not trying to divide others, just trying to understand the context