I'm putting this here because I really don't know where else to put it & would really appreciate some of y'all's insights.

I know NaOnka got the vile edit that she got because she quit. I know she actually did do all those things we saw, but they showed us almost nothing "good" about her and obviously that was directly related to her quitting, as I'm sure, given the hardon MB & Probst have for that other sociopath Russell, they would have loved to have NaOnka back & would have editted her a little better. Which brings me to what I've been thinking about lately.

Make no mistake, Russell is every bit of a sociopath as NaOnka is. To me, neither one of them should have been cast on Survivor, where they should have some kind of psych exam to make sure, with the elements/conditions these people are going to playing in, that they are realitively healthy mentally to handle it. Both Russell & NaOnka would have turned the game into Lord of the Flies if the could have and, in fact, did everything they could do to make it Lord of the Flies out there.

But, besides the editting details (where MB insured Russell could at least be seen as "more strategic" than NaOnka -- which I don't believe he was) why is it that while the vast majority of people (rightfully) loath NaOnka, Russell actually has fans! And the reason I say besides the editting is because before the majority of viewers knew that NaOnka quit, they still reviled her. OTOH, Russell was actually voted fan favorite for crying out loud. Anyone else think it is a sexist thing? That is, the kind of sociopathic behavior Russell & NaOnka both exhibited is some how more "acceptable" when a man does it?