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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 12:02 am
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Women who are menstruating will be wearing sanitary pads. Will that create a problem while passing through the scanner? What has been the experience of such women?
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 8:45 pm
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That is a rather large assumption. Many women I know wear tampons.
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 9:08 pm
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I haven't read of any such incidents, though I was expecting them.

Older people of either gender may wear adult diapers or similar pads and there have been a few cases of "strip searches" involving those reported, and shown on YouTube.

Perhaps the "Eeewww" factor has largely deterred this risk.
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Old Jul 27, 2014 | 10:40 am
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This has never been a problem for me. Haven't tried it through a lot of airports like this, but those that I have been in have never been a problem.
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