Fear of mice of both in vivo and in vitro desensitization during treatment. It is also helpful to encourage patients to experience some positive associations with mice: thus, the feared stimulus is paired with the positive rather than being continuously reinforced by the negative. An exaggerated, phobic fear of mice and rats has traditionally been depicted as a stereotypical trait of women, with numerous books, cartoons, television shows, and films portraying women screaming and jumping onto chairs or tables at the sight of a mouse – for example, Mammy Two Shoes in "Tom and Jerry". Despite the gender-stereotype portrayal Western murophobia has always
The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was the tale in the first season, second episode as "Fearnot". Shelley Duvall's TV show "Faerie Tale Theatre" adapted it as "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers" The episodic games of "American McGee's Grimm" on Gametap debuted with "A Boy Learns What Fear Is" on July 31, 2008. The MC Frontalot song "Shudders", from his album "Question Bedtime", is based on this story. The title is often varied for example by the band Wir sind Helden in their song "Zieh dir was an: Du hast dich ausgezogen, uns das Fürchten zu lehren..."(translated "Dress yourself, you have