Originally Posted by lovely15

Missed this the first time through...

Does intent really matter in this case? You can sexually assault a drunk person, without having intent to assault them, because they can't consent - so what's the different here? Can consent be coerced? Rhetorical question of course, because in 2012, everything related to flying is coered.

And how can being touched in places that only one person has ever touched me before NOT be considered inappropriate? I felt violated and humiliated.

Maybe I'm being naive. I truly don't fly that often - my status is from multiple trips to Asia per year in J - but I honestly had no idea the enhanced patdowns consisted of touching, well, what it did. I've always been told touching genitals was a no-no, and that definitely happened.