Originally Posted by
HSVTSO Dean
specifically the back of the hands across the buttocks; back of the hands down either side of the zipper on the front of the trousers; and the inside of the leg where one hand starts on the hip and the other on the thigh, and the raising of the hand until it meets body resistance -- or, raising of the hand along the gracillus until it comes into contact with the epidermal layer over the pubic bone, if you prefer.
Thanks for the clarification on the targetted patdown.
So, wrt SOP, the screener slides his/her hands (back of hands) over the contour of the buttocks, down the groin getting as close as you can to the male/female genitals with good likelihood of at least incidental touch, but going down the length of the pubic area all the same.
The screener then puts the outside hand on the hip, then the inside hand on the inner thigh, then moves that hand up the gracillous, which is the muscle you can feel there, leading right up to the (pubic bone as per your post). With the front of the hands, to obtain a complete feel of that area. Again, as close to the genitals as possible without actually touching, but with the likelihood of at least incidental touch.
So the screener is feeling over the pubic area down the length of the groin. Then up to the crotch. Yet, this procedure is held to be harmless because it is "not touching genitals" as if that fact makes it less invasive. This is "not touching the genitals" just like Bill Clinton's escapade with Lewinsky was "not sex".
And this procedure is performed on young women, young men, girls, boys, old men, and old women not suspected of any crime.