Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
What do the security people do to women who are wearing tartan skirts?
I think they are supposed to 'wand' them on the outside of their clothes, whatever pattern is on their skirt, tartan or not, LOL!

I think someone posted in another thread that the male security screeners don't cover that in their training, i.e. what to do when the subject is in skirts, so to speak, which is apparently a problem. I assume they should do the same as their female counterparts do, but apparently nobody ever tells them this. Perhaps they are even told that they must bring the wand right up the inside leg to the crotch, on the assumption that all males will be wearing trousers and not a kilt?

I think it's a fair bet that inserting the metal detecting wand inside someone's clothing in the genital area IS sexual assault, and therefore IS a crime. I assume they get away with it solely because they have the power to keep you off the plane.

Perhaps in court they could get off on lack of intent, which is a required element of any crime, on the grounds that they are only doing it out of stupidity, and not because they really have any intent to assault you. They most certainly cannot get off because they were following orders, even if that is the real reason, because that is the Nuremburg defence, as unsuccessfully employed by the Nazis, LOL! However, if you argue at the time, they won't let you on the plane. Oh, the seemingly limitless power of petty bureaucrats.

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.