29. The city of Happy Trails passed an ordinance which prohibited women from working for the police department or sheriff's department in a law enforcement position. If Geneva and a group of women who were denied law enforcement jobs challenge the city ordinance in federal court, when considering the city ordinance, the courts will employ

A. strict scrutiny.

B. rational basis scrutiny.

C. intermediate scrutiny.

D. no particular form of scrutiny (none is required in this situation).