Does anyone know how the TSA (or U.S.) influences other country's SOPs? Are our rights the same when the country is implementing a rule that obviously originated in the US? What can we do? See below.

Example: I came out of JNB last night. A secondary at the gate had agents patting down every flier and searching every bag. It went smoothly and I generally* didn't mind anything that happened to me personally. However, three things bothered me. The first was the cavalier attitude. The perves were joking about the pat downs. The most common was "you get a free massage" (the greeting I got), the most offensive was "you might like it." The second was the inconsistency in which it was applied. I barely got searched, but the females were definitely getting searched open-handed for bra contraband. Thirdly, there was no private area or any information related to having that alternative.

Like I said, I didn't mind the procedure myself. However, I felt bad for the women who were getting their boobs and backside felt up in front of the entire plane full of people (a full 777LR's worth of folks cued at the gate). It was obvious the spectators were enjoying the show.

This kind of behavior (from security AND the spectators) was pathetic. IMO, no consent was given in any of these cases and, therefore, this was assault. Thoughts?

I'm wondering something else. What would happen if a female TSO was rubbing the boobs of a passenger and another passenger posted a video of it on YouTube? What if the passenger being searched was a minor? Hmmmm.

* -- My perve seemed to have a "back side of the knee fetish" which was kind of creepy.