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agree with a lot of that, dave.
we all have favourites, and we're all going to judge their unfortunate circumstances more favourably than someone we don't have as much support for.
i think you have to view it from the inside out sometimes. often, the guys who carry their countrys support are from places where carrying the flag *really* means something, and that translates into a very similar type of pressure as someone who is aware of how much their parents have had to sacrifice over the years for them to be able to race.
regarding jorda, your gender can sometimes be a positive thing that you can use to your advantage or it can be a negative one. whenever you sense that it's an advantage you have to exploit it as much as you can to make up for the times when you lose out. but you have to be aware that depending on exactly what you're doing, using your gender as a positive force is going to wind a lot of people up. usually the opposite gender. it's a balance. the people who have got it wrong, imo, are the tv producers pandering to the need to perv at a pretty lady. unless of course, they balance it out with the same kind of male objectification.
imo, the above also applies to wealth and background, particularly in western culture. there's not a great deal more frustrating to the average person than ostentatious displays of wealth from the 1% (or whatever society calls rich people nowadays), even if we can't help but eye it enviously, and secretly aspire to be able to do the same.
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