That would specifically be the women and men who have been victims of rape and are re-traumatized by the pat down.
The numbers are sickening with 1 in 6 women being the victim of rape. We talk about how America is the land of the free, but within the borders there is a war raging among the population. We have some serious issues with sexuality and violence.
CS Monitor: For sexual crime victims, TSA pat-downs can be 're-traumatizing'
...victims of rape or sexual assault who are now confronted with a procedure that they feel explicitly strips them of control over their bodies.
Nationwide, an estimated 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have been the victim of an attempted or completed rape, according to a consensus of figures compiled by the Department of Justice, FBI, and Centers for Disease control. About a quarter of a million people each year report a sexual assault.
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