Originally Posted by
castrobenes
In my opinion cross gendered screening would add a sexual dynamic to the checkpoint. Some would feel pressured to accept being screened by someone of the opposite gender. Some would agree to the pat down by someone of the opposite gender not knowing what it entailed and then regret it after the fact. Some screeners would act like morons. Many passengers would act like morons.
If you're not my doctor but your hands are in my crotch, it's already sexual. The fact that it's completely unwelcome is what makes it assault and battery. There is
absolutely no reason for any TSO's hands to be anywhere near my crotch. You have absolutely no reasonable suspicion that I have committed any crime, let alone probable cause, simply because I have a boarding pass in my hand.
Having a boarding pass is a common, every day, legal activity that millions of people engage in every year. That would be like asserting that having a driver's license creates reasonable suspicion that one is an axe murderer.