Originally Posted by
petaluma1
If it feels wrong, invasive or threatening or is coercive and pertains to your body, it is sexual assault. I would imagine that the vast majority of travelers who have to go through a TSA grope, especially a resolution grope, feel wronged, threatened, invaded and coerced.
The latest of the PANYNJ (or maybe it's NYPD or NJT) "see something, say something" commercials say to the effect of "if something feels wrong, it probably is wrong."
A psychologist will tell you that if your instincts make you feel that something is not right, your instincts are correct. Listen to them.
Groping of passengers' genitals, buttocks and breasts is wrong, wrong, wrong.
I applaud the OP for standing up for what is right.
Nobody said any of the things you imply, OP only claimed that a female TSA agent wanted to pat her down and since she was a women that was the same as a cavity search, which was never suggested or requested.
Originally Posted by
Spiff
The overwhelming probability is false alarm. As such, retest using new swab and different ETD. If the fools "in charge" of TSA had not mothballed ETP, it would be an excellent cross-test/corroboration.
That's your opinion. I don't know enough about the validity of ETD to discuss it.
Consent under duress is not consent. It is sexual assault and those TSA employees who commit or require such acts belong in prison and should be required to register as sex offenders.
She left so I she wasn't coerced to do anything. It was always her choice.
But please tell me what you expect to happen if the ETD alarm goes off and you refuse any further screening and leaves. Would you think losing a trusted traveler program is fair? I do.