Originally Posted by
chollie
Certainly conversations about this with friends/family lead me to think this is so. The guys uniformly react with horror at the idea of having to touch another guy's 'junk' or rear. The women don't relish it either, but there doesn't seem to be a feminine equivalent of homophobia.
I think you have the wrong end of the stick. It doesn't take long to become accustomed to performing acts that are not societal norms. Say, high school wrestling. It's certainly not homophobia. I don't think screeners have a universal coping mechanism for being required by their jobs to violate others personal space. I'd be interested in hearing how they are coping with the stress.