Originally Posted by
brandinius2
I'm hetero, and if I get my junk felt up at the physician's office, I'd rather it be by a female doctor. Not sexual at all, just a comfort level.
+1 on the comfort level. Ladies have smaller fingers. ^
Originally Posted by
WillR
The reason it's heteronormative is because it assumes all people are straight, straight people won't be aroused or uncomfortable with people of the same gender, and therefore screening should proceed with same-sex screeners.
I know assumptions are bad, but. . .assuming both screeners and pax have the normal di-ver-si-tay of the entire society, and assuming 10% of the population is gay, the current set up (not considering transgenders) says 10% of the screeners and pax will enjoy the contact, and 90% will not. I'm sure the TSA's real motivation is SSI.
Not to get into Omniland, but I disagree with your "won't be uncomfortable with people of the same gender" position. Current events show the US has a large population of small minded "conservative" men who are extremely homophobic. (At least in public and on the record)