I have seen quite many "court cam" videos on YouTube (probably in the hundreds), particularly those where the accused is either a sovcit, or in other ways misbehaves in court, causing a scene, or making completely ridiculous arguments and disrupting the proceedings, often in a manner that's outright contempt of court. For quite a long time I have noticed a pattern that repeats over and over. Perhaps not 100%, but in a good majority of cases. And that pattern is: How the judge handles an unruly misbehaving defendant seems to depend enormously on whether the judge is a man or a woman. As you might already guess: Male judges tend to be very stern and control their court quite strictly. How much they talk to and explain stuff to the defendant (especially if he is a sovcit who is representing himself) depends enormously on the judge, but in general male judges in the United States tend to not tolerate any misbehavior, and will be very stern and much more easily slap a contempt...