I don't agree with the whole 'men running the world' statement, but the majority of women that I know will run and scream and put on a show when they see a spider...I saw a girl that had to go to the hospital because she couldn't stop breathing fast after she saw a spider.
Also, we had a girl at my local ymca summer camp program that i was running that was acting strange. When I asked her "What's up?", she told em she needed to goto the bathroom. I told her "Go use the port-a-otty." Jeez. As soon as I say that, she breaks down in tears and starts hitting herself. Apparently her mother told her that if she goes into a port-a-potty that she will get bit by spiders and be forced to sit on dirty baby diapers. Then she will have to go to the hospital for 3 months.
What can you say when that kinda stuff happens?! Personally I was up for punchin that mother...