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It seems that the TSA assumes that every person getting on a plane is a terrorist with weapons until proven innocent. I use a wheelchair and can’t walk through the metal detector like most folks do.
To prove my innocence I had to submit to a “pat down” before being allowed to board the plane. The “pat down” was executed by a rubber-gloved female TSA employee while I sat in my wheelchair.
Along with less invasive “pats,” she felt around both of my breasts, pressed both of her hands into my crotch, and ran her hands down my buttocks while I, as instructed, leaned from side to side. I know no words that truly describe the depth of my distress caused by this invasion of the most private, vulnerable parts of my body.
Do we abandon our ethics for the sense of security? There has to be a better way.
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