Yes, but at the same time, Ginny falls into at least two categories that the others don't: "Ron's sister" and "sporty girl". As Ron's sister, Ginny's not in competition with Hermione the same way the other girls are; she's not a potential girlfriend of Ron, the boy in whom Hermione has the most interest. As a "sporty girl", she has something in common with Cho in the same way a basketball player has something in common with a track star or dancer.
The Seeker, like Cho, is the track star/dancer. The position places great physical demands on the player, since the Seeker must accelerate and decelerate quickly, dive, climb, and make turns with split-second accuracy, and constantly keep alert for a little golden ball. At the same time, though, the snitch is the only thing that needs to have the Seeker's constant focus (well, the snitch and the score, but the snitch is the only thing actually on the pitch). Yes, the Seeker must also be alert for bludgers and beaters, but these are occasional hazards, since the seeker can fly high above and below the rest of the field of play. Furthermore, Cho isn't as "good" as Harry (since Gryffindor has a pretty good record of beating Ravenclaw. Cho could very well beat both Draco Malfoy and the Hufflepuff seeker with one hand tied behind her back, but that's neither here nor there).
The Chaser, on the other hand, is like a basketball player. He or she is right in the thick of the action, passing, catching, dodging bludgers and bats and elbows. The awareness of the Chaser is different from that of the Seeker because the Chaser must always process tens of stimuli at once: all that I've listed above, plus the distance from the ground, the distance to one's own goals, the distance to the opposing team's goals, the positions of one's own and also the opposing Keeper. The physical demands may be less along the Z-axis (left-right=x, in front-behind=y, up-down=z when one is facing the goals with feet toward the ground) and the ball of which a Chaser keeps track may be larger, but the other physical challenges are equal or greater.
Woo, I've gotten off on a tangent. Anyway, my point is this: Hermione doesn't have contempt for Ginny because they're not in competition, and because Hermione seems to respect "sporty girls".
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The Seeker, like Cho, is the track star/dancer. The position places great physical demands on the player, since the Seeker must accelerate and decelerate quickly, dive, climb, and make turns with split-second accuracy, and constantly keep alert for a little golden ball. At the same time, though, the snitch is the only thing that needs to have the Seeker's constant focus (well, the snitch and the score, but the snitch is the only thing actually on the pitch). Yes, the Seeker must also be alert for bludgers and beaters, but these are occasional hazards, since the seeker can fly high above and below the rest of the field of play. Furthermore, Cho isn't as "good" as Harry (since Gryffindor has a pretty good record of beating Ravenclaw. Cho could very well beat both Draco Malfoy and the Hufflepuff seeker with one hand tied behind her back, but that's neither here nor there).
The Chaser, on the other hand, is like a basketball player. He or she is right in the thick of the action, passing, catching, dodging bludgers and bats and elbows. The awareness of the Chaser is different from that of the Seeker because the Chaser must always process tens of stimuli at once: all that I've listed above, plus the distance from the ground, the distance to one's own goals, the distance to the opposing team's goals, the positions of one's own and also the opposing Keeper. The physical demands may be less along the Z-axis (left-right=x, in front-behind=y, up-down=z when one is facing the goals with feet toward the ground) and the ball of which a Chaser keeps track may be larger, but the other physical challenges are equal or greater.
Woo, I've gotten off on a tangent. Anyway, my point is this: Hermione doesn't have contempt for Ginny because they're not in competition, and because Hermione seems to respect "sporty girls".