Have women outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era?

Of course you're wrong. Your gender does not define your bravery or fears. The only reason women did it in past days is that it was encouraged by men. Men want to feel big, bad, and strong, and unfortunately some attempt to impose weakness on women to validate themselves and what they view as their strengths. There are women who become exterminators, zookeepers, janitors, etc. Women aren't afraid of nasty things - in fact, we were the ones who traditionally dealt with all of the creepy crawlies in nature while gathering food. You think farms are clean? Farmers' wives would milk cows, slaughter animals, kill rodents, and maintain a clean atmosphere in their homes. It's only a recent assumption that women are terrified of mice. Women are level-headed and clear thinking in crises. Take Joan of Arc, Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth, and even Hilary Clinton. All remained calm and forward-thinking in times of national crisis. It's archaic and sexist to think that women are naturally afraid of everything... never were truer words spoken than the saying "Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths." I mourn the recent loss of appreciation of strength in women.