Gender Specific Situations

State Trooper Les Kirk is filling in while the Periwinkle County law forces are on vacation. He saw a car on Intra-County Highway 33 & 1/2 going way over the speed limit. It was not flying an "Eat Persimmons or Die Poorly" flag, so he knew it was illegal immigrants. He was just going to check on car seats, since there was a boy in the backseat. His instinct was right;the boy was not in a car seat.

"M'am, how old is the boy?" he asked the driver.

She flew into a rage.

"He's nine, and he's big enough he doesn't have to be in a car seat. Tyrone, you get out of that seat and show the man how big you are."

"It doesn't matter..." Les started. He was going to explain that since state law says only that any child 8 or under must be in a car seat, the boy's size was irrelevant, since he was above the age limit. He didn't get to finish. The woman was out of the car, screaming, yelling, demanding that Tyrone get out of the car to show Les how big he was, saying unkind things about Les and his ancestors, pulling poor Tyrone out, making him walk around, pointing at him, waving at other cars to stop to witness how big Tyrone was.

Les leaned over to the man in the passenger seat. "I don't want to give you a ticket," he said. "The boy doesn't have to be in a car seat. But... do you have ANY control of that woman?"

The man stared straight ahead and said: "Sir, this is a gender-specific situation. Getting a citation is the least of my worries."