I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.
I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.
I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.