Women must constantly be on guard, especially given that we are often physically not as large or strong as men. Thus, an extremely invasive physical pat-down is likely to be a lot more unappealing to a woman than a man, and in many cases, depending on the woman’s personal history, is going to be a highly triggering event. These new “security” measures unfairly target women.

“Security theater” was always stupid and annoying, but with the implementation of these new backscatter x-rays/thorough pat-downs, it has crossed a line into exceedingly, insultingly invasive. It is an outrage when a government-sanctioned agency treats thousands of ordinary citizens as criminals every day and subjects them to potentially dangerous procedures while they’re at it.