Female passengers say they are targeted:

[Texasgal]

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/02/03/female-passengers-say-theyre-targeted-by-tsa/



DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Women passengers complain that TSA agents are targeting them for extra screening.

The Transportation Security Administration has a policy to randomly select people for extra screening, but some female passengers are complaining. They believe there is nothing “random” about the way they were picked.

A Dallas woman says TSA agents repeatedly asked her to step back into a body scanning machine at DFW International Airport. “I feel like I was totally exposed,” said Ellen Terrell, who is a wife and mother. “They wanted a nice good look.”

When Ellen Terrell and her husband, Charlie, flew out of DFW Airport several months ago, Terrell says she was surprised by a question a female TSA agent asked her. “She says to me, ‘Do you play tennis?’ And I said, ‘Why?’ She said, ‘You just have such a cute figure.’”



GRRRR!

ETA: Link

[redqueen]

1. Ugh.

Just another lovely side effect of the constant reminders that women's bodies are sex objects first and foremost, and that any time women are out in public, their bodies are considered to be on display for public comment (if not worse) at all times.

Oh and all such "compliments" are always welcomed, and any woman who doesn't accept such horrible nonsense is just 'uptight'.

[Texasgal]

7. People wonder

why Women in general are pissed off!?

Ummm hello! This kinda crap happens every day!

It's bullshit!

[Ms. Toad]

2. Ineresting.

I got a super-duper special pat down last time I went through.

I've been doing pat downs, rather than the virtual strip search, since I've had too many medical radiological studies the last couple of years - and given the questions about regulation of both CT scans and thee machines - I figure better safe than sorry.

The first full pat down was very respectful - intrusive, but respectful. Full explanation before she touched me, touching only with the back of her hands.

The last one I had very brusque, no explanation, no warning, and hands run, palm toward me, from shoulder to waist straight across my breasts. Ugh.

Don't know I'm getting extra screening, but I did get special, unwanted attention.

[seabeyond]

4. eeew

i stopped flying. i have family members pissed. but the advantages. my hubby has to take a longer vacation to drive. freedom. see the country. have kids and hubby with me in a car for days adn we have a blast....

so i kinda like that they did this so i can just. say. no.

i feel we should have the right to be.... clothed.

[seabeyond]

3. this would be a female that we would say, helps the misogyny in this nation.

to be one of the boys. i am more bothered with her, the enabler, then the fuckers, just being fuckers.

copy and paste from reply on thread in GD

[BlueIris]

5. I find this troubling for two reasons: obvious sexism, and the safety concerns re: these machines.

Many are concerned about prolonged exposure to the body scanners. Having to go through more than once, especially if there is no valid reason, as in, TSA felt like getting a better look at the body of a woman it deemed attractive, is vile.

[Dawson Leery]

6. Disband the TSA.

[Aerows]

8. And the number of people who are shocked that this happened

Is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of zero.

Everyone said this would happen because anyone with a grain of sense knew that it would. You aren't going to hear from a single one of the TSA defenders who vociferously denied that this could come to pass when it was first discussed.

[seabeyond]

9. isnt that so true. the obvious that people argued the absurdity to even suggest.

Good seeing you.

[Aerows]

12. Good seeing you, too

Didn't know about this forum. Glad to be a part of it

[seabeyond]

13. hey...

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i enjoyed you. you were a treat for me. helped me to look beyond. that is always a thank you.

take care of you

and give that self that needs it so, the hug it deserve.

good seeing you, too

[Aerows]

15. Hey Sea

But hey, a simple hello is fine.

And frankly, yes, I do need a hug sometimes. Sometimes I need to give one, too

[Nikia]

10. My sister's ex worked with airport security

And told her that this was the case, that most of his coworkers did this.

[Aerows]

14. The irritating thing is

That everyone back when this was being pushed through clearly articulated that this would happen.

We got shouted down, no matter what forum we were on (at the time I was on HuffPo, but have since completely cut ties with that place), as though we were idiots.

Well, here we have evidence that we aren't idiots, and that our resistance was grounded in reality.

I see no one stepping up to the plate because there is no ground between them and the outfield.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. As if we're surprised by this.

TSA agents should NEVER comment on a passenger's body. That's just asking for trouble.

According to the updated link, Chuck Schumer has proposed the following in a Senate bill:

The RIGHTS act would specifically:

-- Require the TSA to establish an “Office for Passenger Support”
-- Require every airport where TSA operates to have at least one TSA Passenger Advocate on duty at all times
-- Mandate every airport where TSA operates to have clearly visible signage explaining that a TSA passenger advocate can be summoned
-- Establish best practices to resolve frequent public complaints and conduct training of TSA officers to resolve frequently occurring passenger complaints
-- And field advance notification calls from individuals with medical conditions or disabilities to pre-arrange for a screening process at the airport that ensures the safety of the flight without causing undue hardship for the disabled passenger.

That's a start. Once the TSA is forced to advertise that passengers can complain I predict the complaint level will soar.

[Aerows]

16. Exactly.

No one, least of all women, are surprised by this.

[yardwork]

17. I've noticed this myself. My local airport was one of the first to implement the scanning machines

years ago, before the general roll-out. I was often asked to go into the plexiglass box and "assume the position." I saw the TSA employees grinning behind their little console. It's annoying.

[Aerows]

18. I have to fly to fix servers sometimes

And this pisses me off. So what if I run. Does that give you an excuse while I'm flying to nowhere to ogle me?

I don't think it does.

[Starry Messenger]

19. I'm convinced DFW is the 9th circle of hell.

Thank the gods you can get a frozen margarita near the gate. I actually didn't get the body screen, but swabbed, which was nerve-wracking. Mexico City airport has a great way to select for screening. Everyone presses a button as they approach security and if a red light lights up, you get screened. If not, you're cool. It's totally random.