“Why are some folks uncomfortable acknowledging this Chazal or its truthfulness?”
Simple; most people mistakenly associate da’as with intelligence and they know of many intelligent females. They also know of many males who seem so unintelligent as they spew their nasty opinions all over the web.
You have nothing better to do during the Nine Days than troll an old thread last updated six years ago, in the hope of getting people upset? What a shame since you seem to have been behaving yourself for the past few weeks.