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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/Aloafdisguisedasacat on 2023-08-23 20:40:18.

TW, SA

I was at the airport last week flying by myself from visiting family to going back home. I always try to wear outfits that I think are more likely to give a seamless experience getting through TSA (less baggy, less layers, no belts, etc). The jean shorts that I wore that day, rather than having a zipper, was the style that has several buttons. I was stopped by a female TSA agent. She pointed out that because of the buttons on my jeans, she needed to pat me down. She asked if I’d like a private room and I said yes I would. She then quickly said that it would just be a quick pat down across my lower stomach/pelvic area and my pant waistline. She clearly didn’t want to have to go to a private room and made it seem like it would be short/ minimally invasive so I said it was ok to do it there. Spoiler alert, it was not short or minimally invasive.

She starts to pat me down, however, she hardly paid any attention to where the buttons on my pants were (aka the “suspicious” part of part clothes). Instead, she spent most of her time patting in between my inner thighs/crotch area and firmly pushing the side of her hands up against my vagina over and over and over and over.

This all took place in front of hundreds of people, at one of the biggest airports in the US and on a very busy day. Every time she pressed against my vagina I felt more embarrassed, I felt more humiliated, I felt more anxiety, I felt my throat closing in trying not to cry. I’ve been SAed and I have generalized anxiety disorder which made the situation so much worse. I’m someone who genuinely never cries in public but I could hardly keep it together enough to get out of TSA and just bawled while sitting at my gate. I don’t understand why this TSA agent was so misleading. I don’t understand why my inner thighs and my crotch were her main “concern” rather than where my buttons were. I don’t understand why she had to touch my crotch 6-8x.

I just needed to rant about my experience in a space that will be understanding rather than minimizing. Thanks for taking the time to hear me.

TLDR; I had an anxiety-inducing and humiliating experience of a TSA agent putting her hands on my vagina numerous times in front of hundreds of people at the airport.