In the USA, there is an ongoing debate over airport security and the body checks of passengers. Passengers may go though a body scanner, but if they refuse, they may be submitted to an "enhanced pat-down" by security officials. This includes touching intimate body parts on the outside of the clothes.
I can understand the concern. It is not like these pat-downs are very important. Compare it to dog shows, where all of us dogs who are showed are submitted to pat-downs of our whole body by the judge. The main aim of dog shows is an evaluation of the breeding results of the dogs showed. At dog shows, these pat-downs fulfill a goal every time. Compare this to pat-downs at airports for the off chance that you would discover a hi-jacker. I mean, what are the odds that an enhanced pat-down would reveal hidden weapons or other illegal items? Any terrorist with some brains would know of these security measures and use other means to hi-jack airplanes.
Ironicly, in the article that I link to, a former Miss USA is mentioned. She was patted down after refusing a body scan, which left her "furious and distressed". As far as I know, beauty contests of the kind where Misses USA are elected is the closest thing that humans have to dog shows. If beauty contests of this kind would be serious business, the contestants would be patted down by the judge there, just like dogs are in dog shows. Thus, a Miss USA would be used to it. In beauty contests, however, pat-downs never happen. This only tells us what a joke human beauty contests are!
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