<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/feed/bypass/styles/feed.css" media="screen"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/feed/bypass/styles/feed.xsl"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">

	<channel>
	  <!-- main channel info -->
        <title>Why Can't Females Seem to Win? </title>
        <link>http://survivorsucks.com/topic/22524/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html</link>
        <description>
        <![CDATA[ Maybe a better question is: why has only ONE female won since All Stars?


And considering that All Stars was a duel win, we may not even consider that in the data.


Tina: quiet edit, good player toward the end

Vee: quiet player, won due to bitterness of the jury

Jenna: negative edit, won due to petty high school type dynamics

Sandra: good player, great personality, won due to sitting next to a &quot;ghost&quot;

Amber: see above

Danni: nearly invisible edit; won because she was a... ]]>
        </description>

		<!-- optional elements -->
		<language>en-us</language>
		<copyright>Copyright 2006, Yuku</copyright>
		<managingEditor>feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster)</webMaster>
		<!-- note: dates need to be RFC 822 formated "Sat, 07 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT" -->
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
		<lastBuildDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:30:12 GMT</lastBuildDate>
		<generator>Yuku Feeds 1.0</generator>
		<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
		<!-- <cloud domain="rpc.yuku.com" port="80" path="/RPC2" registerProcedure="pingMe" protocol="soap"/>-->
		<ttl>60</ttl>
		<!-- feed image -->
		<image>
			<title>Yuku</title>
			<url>http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png</url>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/topic/22524/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html</link>
			<description>Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles</description>
			<width>88</width>
			<height>31</height>
		</image>
		<rating>
		{pics-1.1 &quot;http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html&quot; l gen true for &quot;http://yuku.com&quot; r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) &quot;http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html&quot; l gen true for &quot;http://yuku.com&quot; r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 ))
		</rating>
		<textInput>
			<title>Search</title>
			<description>Search Domain</description>
			<name>q</name>
			<link>http://yuku.com/search/direct/</link>
		</textInput>
		<!-- skip
		<skipHours>
			<hour>23</hour>
		</skipHours>
		<skipDays>
			<day>Monday</day>
			<day>Wednesday</day>
			<day>Friday</day>
		</skipDays>-->
		<!-- extensions -->


		<!-- channel items -->
		<!-- descriptions should be shorter than 500 char to be polite -->
		<!-- html shoud be stripped or escaped -->
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369669/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369669</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  Stephen didn&#39;t lose because the jury was bitter at his gameplay.
  <br>
  It&#39;s because he played JT, but everyone thought JT was running the tribe.
  <br>
  Like Chinamanda, a UTR mastermind who failed to articulate his gameplay as well as his partner.
</blockquote>People voted for JT because they genuinely loved him. He was the southerngentleman, athletic, hardworking guy who was nice and represented they
kind of guy who&#39;d open car doors and cut your grass for no... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Jedijake)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369669</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369568/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369568</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">craig wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  Stephen didn&#39;t lose because the jury was bitter at his gameplay.
  <br>
  It&#39;s because he played JT, but everyone thought JT was running the tribe.
  <br>
  Like Chinamanda, a UTR mastermind who failed to articulate his gameplay as well as his partner.
</blockquote>

<p>No offense but I don&#39;t remember it that way.</p>

<ol>
  <li>The jury was upset Stephen double crossed Taj.  Taj spoke out against Stephen... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369568</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:02:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369565/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369565</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">chapera rocks wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  &quot;...It&#39;d be hard if not impossible to find any jury composition that would have allowed Twila, Katie, Stephenie, Danielle, Becky, Cassandra, Sugar,
  or Susie to win....&quot;
</blockquote>
<br>
Can find a jury compostion which would have gotten Twila and Danielle wins if they made better decisions but agree about the others. 
<br>
<br>
<strong><u>1. The Leech/Coattail strategy</u></strong>
<br>
Katie,... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369565</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:47:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369560/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369560</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Stephen didn&#39;t lose because the jury was bitter at his gameplay.
<br>
It&#39;s because he played JT, but everyone thought JT was running the tribe.
<br>
Like Chinamanda, a UTR mastermind who failed to articulate his gameplay as well as his partner. ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (craig)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369560</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369445/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369445</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">chapera rocks wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  Thanks for making your point clear.
  <br>
  <br>
  However, from an analytical perspective, it doesn&#39;t make much sense. For your point to make much sense, you have to state what was different about
  S8&#39;s jury that allowed Amber to win, while other juries are biased towards men. What is the unifying theme?
  <br>
  <br>
  It&#39;d be hard if not impossible to find any jury composition that would have... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369445</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369254/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369254</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Thanks for making your point clear.
<br>
<br>
However, from an analytical perspective, it doesn&#39;t make much sense. For your point to make much sense, you have to state what was different about S8&#39;s
jury that allowed Amber to win, while other juries are biased towards men. What is the unifying theme?
<br>
<br>
It&#39;d be hard if not impossible to find any jury composition that would have allowed Twila, Katie, Stephenie, Danielle, Becky, Cassandra, Sugar, or Susie to
win.... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (chapera rocks)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369254</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369208/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369208</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">chapera rocks wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  What exactly is your point? The winner could have been different had any jury composition been different? How does it make any sense to speculate &quot;what
  if Richard made the jury&quot; when he didn&#39;t?
  <br>
  <br>
  What if Gretchen was on the jury over Greg?
  <br>
  What if Gabe was on the jury over John?
  <br>
  What if Shii-Ann was on the jury over Jake?
  <br>
  <br>
  Etc.
  <br>
  <br>
  And if... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369208</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:13:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369122/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369122</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ What exactly is your point? The winner could have been different had any jury composition been different? How does it make any sense to speculate &quot;what if
Richard made the jury&quot; when he didn&#39;t?
<br>
<br>
What if Gretchen was on the jury over Greg?
<br>
What if Gabe was on the jury over John?
<br>
What if Shii-Ann was on the jury over Jake?
<br>
<br>
Etc.
<br>
<br>
And if you want to know how each person would have voted, they all revealed it on the Early show...
<br>
<br>
Tina -... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (chapera rocks)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369122</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369120/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369120</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Why the fuckin&#39; attitude ?  <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/alien.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="image">  You opined that
Jerri would vote for Mariano instead of Amber.  I corrected you.
<br>
<br>
<br>
And by the way, dumbass, Hatch ALSO said he would vote for Amber over Mariano in the TES reunion show.
<br>
<br>
<br>
Ya wanna try again , moron ?  <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/emoticons_classic/eyes.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="image">
<br>
<br> ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Oowatanite)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369120</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5369067/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5369067</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ At the time the internet gossip I saw said Jerri and Amber had been friends for awhile after Australia but then there was a falling out. 
<br>
<br>
I&#39;m sorry you missed the point of the posting.  Specifically, if the jury compositon was different Rob might have gotten a vote that went to Amber. Since
you insist on being so fucking pedantic, if neither Jerri nor Lex made the jury but Richard Hatch had been the one casting a vote he might have voted for Rob
over Amber.  But the point of my... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5369067</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:05:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5368529/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5368529</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">JPOz wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  <font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #00ffff">IF Lex had been voted out at the previous TC and <em><strong>Jerri</strong></em> was on the jury she did not have a
  friendship with Rob BUT her relationship with Amber had soured...so Rob might have gotten her vote and been the winner of ASS (Jerri had rewarded the
  leader/strategist with her jury vote in Australia).
  <br></font>
</blockquote>
<br>
Nope.  Jerri voted... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Oowatanite)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5368529</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5368451/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5368451</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  One thought about the Natalie type: UTR players succeed because the <strong><font color="#CC0000">other players allow them to be UTR</font></strong>. That
  is, some are allowed to progress because no one really puts energy into focusing on them, they assume they can beat them in the end. Frankly if I was at
  final TC and someone called me out for being UTR I would politely ask if they had ever focused any serious energy on eliminating me...and request that they
  not hold it... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (cindidindi76)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5368451</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:59:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5368182/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5368182</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sorry, don&#39;t agree with your assessment of Debbie.  She made her own choices and decisions.  She did what all older woman try to do.  Align with strong
members of the tribe and allow other women to become the target so she is not voted out first.  Then stick with those she aligned with so she didn&#39;t have
to openly turn on her strongest allies until it was close to the end.  That her decisions are not exciting or glamourous on tv doesn&#39;t mean she was passive
and weak.  Give women... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5368182</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:39:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5367163/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5367163</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">JPOz wrote:</strong>
  <hr>

  <br>
  Your summary of the four slots pretty much sums up the discussion...perhaps every female who has not won has been classified as one of the four and
  criticized accordingly for losing because of that fault. Yet Debra Beebe was a very strong vocal part of her alliance AND very socially adept she balanced a
  tribe with three huge testosterone fueled egos. Her shortcoming was she did not also balance the egos of... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Olmec Donald)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5367163</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:18:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5367031/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5367031</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Jedijake wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  Perhaps we can say that in a majority alliance a male is usually a leader because males have a tougher time following females than the other way around? I
  think it&#39;s safe to say it works that way in the &quot;real world&quot; also. Many women want a man to take charge and many men want women to follow them.
  <br>
  <br>
  Then if a woman realizes she is playing second fiddle and isn&#39;t happy about this and... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5367031</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5366450/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5366450</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Perhaps we can say that in a majority alliance a male is usually a leader because males have a tougher time following females than the other way around? I
think it&#39;s safe to say it works that way in the &quot;real world&quot; also. Many women want a man to take charge and many men want women to follow them.
<br>
<br>
Then if a woman realizes she is playing second fiddle and isn&#39;t happy about this and actually votes off the male leader, she is unloyal and not playing the
correct female... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Jedijake)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5366450</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5366417/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5366417</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  In all situations where females won, things have gone rather chaotically in terms of alliances. The only exception was Australia. ... I&#39;ve often wondered
  if a female can/will win a season where one tribe dominates another such as with Borneo, Thailand, China, Fiji, or Palau. In all of those seasons it was a
  guy who formed the alliance and kept it together, ending up the victor.
  <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Count Parvati with Tina.
<br>
<br>
If Parv was an Ozzy loyalist,... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (craig)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5366417</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:27:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5365917/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5365917</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ (had to take a break from digesting in front of the TV after huge meal)...
<br>
<br>
Your points make sense. So basically, it&#39;s all independent, individual situations that happen to have not fared well for females by virtue of numbers.
<br>
<br>
<br>
In all situations where females won, things have gone rather chaotically in terms of alliances. The only exception was Australia. Even in Marquesas where a new
alliance was formed, things were kind of all over the place.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Jedijake)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5365917</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5363829/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5363829</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><br>
<font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cc9966">More than flip of the coin.  Complicated
<br>
<br>
<strong><font color="#0000FF">Jury composition</font></strong>:  different juries look for different things.  With a different jury Kelly might have beaten
Hatch, Rob M. might have beaten Amber and Amanda might have beaten Parvati.  Hatch, Vecepia, Parvati, and Todd were rewarded for treachery; Rob M., Twila,
Stephanie (Guat), Danielle (EI), Sugar and Stephen... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JPOz)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5363829</guid>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/5363072/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html#reply-5363072</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ So, JPOz, all things being equal, what do you say is the reason for the dismal amount of female success at Survivor? Flip of the coin?
<br> ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Jedijake)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/5363072</guid>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Why Can't Females Seem to Win?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/topic/22524/t/Why-Can-t-Females-Seem-to-Win-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Maybe a better question is: why has only ONE female won since All Stars?
<br>
<br>
And considering that All Stars was a duel win, we may not even consider that in the data.
<br>
<br>
Tina: quiet edit, good player toward the end
<br>
Vee: quiet player, won due to bitterness of the jury
<br>
Jenna: negative edit, won due to petty high school type dynamics
<br>
Sandra: good player, great personality, won due to sitting next to a &quot;ghost&quot;
<br>
Amber: see above
<br>
Danni: nearly... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Jedijake)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://survivorsucks.com/topic/22524</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
    <!-- end items -->

  </channel>
</rss>