Originally Posted by Bart
As for the so-called breast exam comment made by one of the so-called moderators: give it a rest. The screening methods used were carefully designed to clear the breast area with the back of the hand and in such a manner to minimize contact as much as practical. Calling it a breast exam suggests that screeners either grope women or get some sort of thrill out of performing this procedure. This may be popular on the playground with a bunch of giggling adolescents, but I thought this website was for serious discussion between mature adults who share concerns about airport security measures.
The TSA can have whatever guidelines it wants to in place, but statistically, screeners are going to go past them at times:
No system behaves exactly as it was designed in policy. The closer the guidelines are to offense, the more likely going past them will be reported as a big deal. In short, there may be screeners who do get some sort of thrill out of the procedure. In any organization of thousands, I'd be surprised if there weren't.
This is serious discussion.