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Old Mar 13, 2014, 1:56 pm
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jkhuggins
 
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Originally Posted by chollie
Perhaps she just meant TSA prefers to have female TSOs grope underage boys as well as girls, although for the life of me I can't understand why.
Stereotypes. An adult male spends time around a young boy, and the default reaction of strangers is "that adult might be abusing that boy, I'd better keep an eye on him". An adult female spends time around a young boy, and few strangers give it a second thought.
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