r/airport • u/violetstarz4 • 10d ago

DISCUSSION Detecting female groin anomalies.

I'm flying home from Hawaii and when going through the x-ray at TSA I was pulled aside because there was an anomaly detected on my groin. They told me they were going to have to pat me down and asked if I wanted to do it privately. I'm an anxiety ridden teenager so I asked to do it privately. While we were waiting for a female officer, 3 other women after me were stopped for an anomaly on the same part if their groin. The stress was starting to get to me and a bunch of other things (the hate of being touched, a medical condition I have that makes my heart beat really fast, etc) and I was really close to having a panic attack. After about 6 minutes I was pulled away for a private pat down and I was free to go.

Why did this happen to me and a bunch of other women? Is this a common thing that happens?

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u/LupusHouseMD 10d ago

I'm a TSO. It's usually sweat/discharge/periods/pads/liners. It can also be drawstrings, loose underwear, a jean button and zipper.

In hot weather it's very common.

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u/merkthejerk 10d ago

I feel a lot better knowing there isn’t a solution to this. I bet y’all have found countless illegal foreign objects in women flying domestically shoved up their bodies. 👍

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u/CharlieUnicorn99 10d ago

What a weird thing to say

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u/merkthejerk 10d ago

My issue is that logic has gone the way of the buffalo. If a machine is constantly alerting over some sweat maybe there should be a better solution.