Only on marriage, or on being sold into slavery to anotherman, can her state of ownership change. Even then, it is only a change ofowner, not a change...of status. For the duration of her life, a woman is andwill remain the owned property of a man." That really sealed our fate. Other sections of the constitution made it acriminal offence for any political party or any other organisation to seekto introduce changes in the law with regard to the status of females. The existingopposition parties -. Dutch intervened, saying, "I know it's your birthday, baby, but you don't have the license. If someone stops you, you'll have to wait another year before you'll be able to drive legally. Now I promise you that I will take you out starting tomorrow and teach you how to drive, and further we'll get you enrolled in the right course in school..."Kathy interrupted him. "But Dad... I mean Dutch, I am taking that course and I'm almost finished with it. In fact, I can take my test... my driving test. So I looked around for someone else desperate enough to have real sex with a real woman, but there appeared to be more women than men and the men were a lot older than I was used to, in their forties and older and playing pool, darts and generally ignoring female company.I sat at the bar like a 'come and get me' bar stool, knocking back the the hard stuff and getting desperate. It was late and I decided I had had enough of feeling sorry for myself, I would go home and rip my stand up a new. It was a loss for both of us, because we both wanted a family. We considered adopting, but then Michael got sick, and my focus was on him. At that point, we wouldn't adopt, and well, now, I don't want to raise a child alone."She was silent for a bit, as she looked away, caught up in memories. He gave her the time she needed, until she could continue with her story."Michael had leukemia, and the treatment for it, nearly killed him. The chemo is so hard on the body, but we got him into.