Originally Posted by bdschobel
Repeating myself just to be clear, I would undress in a private area, not at the checkpoint itself and certainly not in public view. I would not be disruptive.
My question is really not that difficult: Would TSA screeners be content to look at my obviously bare skin and not touch me? That's it. Can somebody answer this question?
I was going to post a link to the post from October where a guy reported having the police called on him in SEA by TSA for taking his shirt off, but then I realized it was you.
Personally I think it is more (hypothetically) interesting to consider approaching the checkpoint in a minimum state of dress. It would be perfectly legal, although somewhat cold, for a male in the USA to approach a checkpoint wearing nothing but swimtrunks/boxers. Some screeners (maybe LEOs too?) might claim it's disruptive, but it's not obscene or public exposure or anything so I think the claim is baseless. If said pax had SSSS, would TSA still wand their torso or pat them down?
(In some but not all USA locales it would be legal for a female to do the same as there have been cases regarding discrimination/equality when it comes to required clothing and also clarifying that mothers nursing in public are not breaking the law.)