YNOT – If things keep going the way they are, it won’t be long before the Federal Communications Commission imposes a comedy blackout on the Transportation Security Administration.
From a blonde doctor (and former Playboy model) in a wheelchair who went through airport security in nothing but lingerie but still got patted down, to folks selling undies designed to reveal the Fourth Amendment when scanned, nothing, it seems, is too wild, outrageous or just plain bonkers when it comes to the TSA’s devotion to safety in the air.
While many people are simply creeped-out by the TSA’s new whole-body Advanced Imaging Technology scanners that can show everything from your ass to your elbow, others are concerned about unintended revelations being sold on the black market.
As adult entertainer Raven Alexis put it to TechEYE, “As a business person, I think it is imperative to have control over the assets which are integral to the success of my organization. I have a hard time believing there will be any remedy or effective relief for me should my image be somehow ‘misplaced’ and end up in the hands of someone who chooses to publish the image without my consent.”
Of course no one has to consent to being scanned. After all, the TSA isn’t really staffed by a bunch of minimum-wage losers over-relishing the perverted perks of their jobs. Those who object to indecent exposure may elect to have their entire body patted down. It’s up to you: Become an exhibitionist or get groped.
If you happen to be a well-endowed woman, however, the decision may be out of your hands — and firmly planted, along with your assets, in a stranger’s. CalorieLab recently reported that, because large breasts frequently require bras with underwire support, TSA employees often must examine buxom women more closely than others. It seems the metal underwires can screw with the imaging equipment.
One flier reported the TSA’s “check of [my bra] and my chest/ribcage was the most thorough of any part of my body.”
All of this, naturally, is of great concern to the adult industry. The TSA’s sex-obsessed security measures make it look very much like the government is trying to muscle its way into the porn business.
Insert your favorite “black box,” “bags” or “cockpit” pun here.
