A court has recently ruled that cross-gender searches are unconstitutional because they are degrading.  In the specific case involved, a woman searched a man.  Judges went so far as to call this an unconstitutional invasion of privacy, presumably because the gender element adds the possibility of a sexual element of some kind to the searcher/searched relationship.  What’s interesting in this case is the presumption of a heterosexual society that lies behind ruling.  If a man has a right not to be searched by a woman, does a man have a right not to be searched by a gay man?  Wouldn’t that be an invasion of privacy with similarly degrading sexual overtones?  If not, why not?